GPU-Acceleration on Windows
It would be brilliant to have this as an option especially since more and more people are using high DPI/4K displays and the CPU is not capable of allowing for smooth zooming/scrolling/panning in most cases. It's working perfectly fine with Photoshop and rather good with Illustrator so I can't see why this shouldn't be possible with InDesign as well.
On my 4K Dell XPS 15 it's quite a pain to scroll through the document or zoom in and out, laggy as hell although this is a very poweful machine!

Thank you all for supporting this feature request.
Moving the feature request to the product backlog.
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Robin commented
Hi @Abhinav Kaushik, you mentioned this was in backlog. Do you perhaps have a date for me? As I'm not really that familiar with the term backlog. Does this mean we could expect the feature in 2 months, 6 months? Or maybe even next week?
Would love to hear from you!
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David Trax Fonseca commented
Would love an update on when this feature is coming. Thanks!
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Tomaz Kavcic commented
I would be also interested to know about ETA for this implementation? It's something Photoshop and Illustrator have integrated for years and it's really an important feature which Indesign should have as well. For advanced designers who use Indesign on daily basis, this feature is marginal.
I'm also wondering, is there a reason PS and AI on Windows have this for years, while ID still doesn't have this?
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Nick commented
Hi @abhinav, thanks for getting this added to the backlog. Great to see progress! How long are we talking for implementation... will it be months or years?
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Robin commented
We really need this feature! This is unworkable right now. We are all working on Windows to reduce costs to our clients and to have maximum flexibility installing our programs and running servers.
Licences are expensive enough as they are.. Please make this happen to speed up my workflow a ton! :)
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Tieu Bao Lai commented
It would making working much better if this was supported this feature request
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Robin commented
I would really love love love this too!
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Nick commented
Good to see this is FINALLY in the backlog. I moved back to a Mac because of this. Let's hope it's not another 4 years until this gets some development time.
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Anon commented
GPU acceleration seems like such basic concept for InDesign on Windows that I found this thread while trying to google how to turn on GPU acceleration. Very disappointed to discover this is mac only. My beefy GPU is sitting idle while my cpu can't pull the weight of hefty graphics, even in fast view.
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Anonymous commented
and scrubby zoom please!!!
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Anonymous commented
So this request is over 3 years old. I assume this won't happen? It would making working much better if this was supported.
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Steven Moussa commented
As a graphic designer It would be easier to have the Scrubby zoom option in Id same like in Ps and Ai, thank you :)
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Anonymous commented
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JM commented
I want scrubby zoom in ID that works EXACTLY as it does on AI & PS (2020+) for me. I don't have the GPU option under preferences, but this should work ANYWAY. You guys need to get some consistency between your products. Humans work on muscle memory. I use AI a lot, and PS quite a bit, so when I move over to ID my hands do the motions to which they are accustomed. Start listening to your users, and thinking about their workflows and needs for a change.
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frazzlesnap commented
I've also started using Affinity Publisher. Aside from lack of GREP support, I am very pleased with it. Since I'm mostly setting up graphics-intensive brochures and books/magazines, the GPU acceleration is critical. It isn't too much of a leap going from InDesign to Affinity, usage-wise, and is pretty intuitive. I am very happy with the purchase, especially since I got it for 50% off. Maybe if more people mention positive experiences with Affinity, Adobe will finally respond to this aging thread?
Oh, lest I forget - I've never experienced slowdowns or corrupted preferences with Affinity. On my home system (Threadripper 2950X, 128GB DDR4, dual RTX20280s, boot/app/temp storage 3 Samsung Pro 970 1TB) Affinity takes less than 5 seconds to load. InDesign takes about 45s to a minute. Not too big a deal. But... It takes my work system (i7 9700K, 32GB DDR4, GTX1060 6GB, Samsung Pro 970 1TB) about 5-10 minutes to open InDesign and have it responsive. Affinity? 5 seconds. It takes only about 45 seconds to open InDesign if I do a fresh install, but it immediately resumes its terrible behavior upon reopening. Even without customized preferences, they get corrupted. I don't know why preferences get corrupted in the first place. Is there something inherently abstruse about the method for their implementation, such that mere mortals cannot fathom how to create stable customization? Maybe Adobe can spend some resources that they aren't directing to the problems of Windows users toward fixing the preferences problem? GPU acceleration, Preferences, something? No? At least the apps' splash screens are pretty.
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Dalibor commented
I have tried Affinity Publisher few days ago....guys, amazing speed with full resolution images, no low-res preview mode. There is only one reason why I must use InDesign....database publishing provided by 65bit easycatalog plug-in:-(
No feedback from Adobe for question about GPU support???? Nice care about customers! :-( InDesign 2021??? Nice joke :-))))))) I´m laughing after I read "What´s new" :-))