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Do I need a dGPU for light Photoshop/Premiere work?

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Hey all! I just sold my Macbook Pro because I would like to switch to a windows machine. Preferably a 2 in 1 or thinner/smaller laptop. I do some light photoshop and premiere work for fun/work and want to know if I could get by on integrated graphics? Please note I have a full workstation at home and this would just be for when I travel and is by no means my primary use for the laptop.

 

On a side note, any suggestions on 2 in 1's, thin and lights, or anything similar around $1000?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

For light work, the igpu will run everything fine, a bit slower, but just fine.

 

 

That's what I figured. Even for Premiere it would just be short 1 minute 1080p FB Cover videos and things like that.

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k 3.7Ghz MOBO: AsRock Z370 Extreme4

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Monitors: HP 22cwa | BenQ BL2420PT  Cans: ATH-M50x 

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dGPU is nice to have for that but not 100% necessary

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I’d say you need at least 8GB of RAM for Photoshop to run smoothly 

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