Inkscape on Windows 7 pro 64 bit - very slow, unusable.
Hello, I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood!
It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a single line in it cannot be edited.
I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing that makes his colours brighter on his laptop).
Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him?
Thanks, \d
Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably integrated) graphics card in their laptop.
On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
Hello, I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood!
It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a single line in it cannot be edited.
I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing that makes his colours brighter on his laptop).
Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him?
Thanks, \d
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he* On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably integrated) graphics card in their laptop.
On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
Hello, I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood!
It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a single line in it cannot be edited.
I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing that makes his colours brighter on his laptop).
Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him?
Thanks, \d
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Also, i have win7 64 and it runs fine.. But ive not had any real issues with it in the past on my other machines On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
he* On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably integrated) graphics card in their laptop.
On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
Hello, I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood!
It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a single line in it cannot be edited.
I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing that makes his colours brighter on his laptop).
Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him?
Thanks, \d
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I have a win7 64 notebook with 4GB ram, i5 processor and a 1.5 non-integrated video card. I see odd performance issues. For example a duplicate operation pauses for a good second maybe two. I don't see this for the same svg file on my older XP notebook.
I still haven't found the source of the problem but I'm guessing it is windows 7 64 itself.
-Rob A>
On 2/24/11, Matt Hines <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
Also, i have win7 64 and it runs fine.. But ive not had any real issues with it in the past on my other machines On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
he* On Feb 24, 2011 9:21 AM, "Matt Hines" <matt.0f.h@...155...> wrote:
Well 2gb isnt that,much and it is likely that he/she has a bad(probably integrated) graphics card in their laptop.
On Feb 24, 2011 8:56 AM, "donn" <donn.ingle@...155...> wrote:
Hello, I am posting on behalf of a friend who is stuck on Win7 pro (64 bit I think). He installed the latest Inkscape (as of about Jan 2011) and he cannot use it at all. His laptop is pretty powerful with min 2gigs of RAM; hell, it makes my desktop look like a block of wood!
It's very slow to draw, to drag around or zoom. There are no advanced filters, or anything complex, being used - even a blank file with a single line in it cannot be edited.
I am asking if there are any windows "tips" for using Inkscape? Is there some kind of "XP mode" or some advice re 64bit/32bit or maybe some graphic driver tips? Perhaps there are known clashes with other fancy windows software - like a colour enhancer (he has some kind of thing that makes his colours brighter on his laptop).
Anyone have a clue what I could suggest to him?
Thanks, \d
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On 24/02/2011 16:52, Rob Antonishen wrote:
I still haven't found the source of the problem but I'm guessing it is windows 7 64 itself.
I was afraid it might be.
(His video card and stuff is all top-notch (he plays games a lot) so I doubt that's the issue.)
Is there some kind of XP mode that he can try run Inkscape under? If all else fails, I will get him to install Ubuntu in a VM to use Inkscape!
\d
-----Original Message----- From: donn [mailto:donn.ingle@...155...] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:24 PM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape on Windows 7 pro 64 bit - very slow, unusable.
On 24/02/2011 16:52, Rob Antonishen wrote:
I still haven't found the source of the problem but I'm guessing it is windows 7 64 itself.
I was afraid it might be.
(His video card and stuff is all top-notch (he plays games a lot) so I
doubt that's
the issue.)
Is there some kind of XP mode that he can try run Inkscape under?
There is a XP compatibility mode in Windows 7. But I doubt this is the trouble.
2 Gbyte is a miserable amount of memory for a 64 bit install. Many desktops for Windows 7 64 bit have 8 Gbyte!
(Using 64 bit often doubles the memory needed).
Paul
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On 24/02/2011 17:33, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
2 Gbyte is a miserable amount of memory for a 64 bit install. Many desktops for Windows 7 64 bit have 8 Gbyte!
(Using 64 bit often doubles the memory needed).
Damn! Thanks for the info. I didn't know this.
\d
Turns out the win7 in question is 32 bit. I have not heard back from my friend. I will post here should he find a solution. He is going to try running Inkscape in an XP virtual box as well as turning off Win7's fancy interface effects.
Thanks for the feedback so far.
\d
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