There have been some off-list messages on this thread, and I wanted to share 
this:

Tim Coalson wrote:
> ... it seems that the previous generation on-CPU graphics didn't have this 
> problem.  The newer generation having this problem with the same code seems 
> like the driver might be the culprit - ensure you have the latest graphics 
> drivers.  If it still occurs, perhaps we could contact intel and let them 
> know of the problem.  They might just brush it off (caret5 is using an old 
> version of openGL), but you never know.

Jon Schindler wrote:
> As Tim says, one factor is that they are underpowered compared to discrete 
> graphics cards.  However, another factor is that since Intel's attempt to 
> make a GPU is relatively recent, and they aren't trying to support high-end 
> legacy applications (professional OpenGL applications), they may not have 
> optimized the version of OpenGL that we use, which is fairly outdated, and 
> used primarily in expensive legacy OpenGL applications.  Most consumer OpenGL 
> apps, which are Intel's target market, tend not to require extremely fast 
> OpenGL 2.x support (as they've moved on to OpenGL 3.x+), so we may be 
> witnessing some slowdowns due to the version of OpenGL we are using.


Make sure your graphics card driver is up-to-date.  It would be nice to know 
whether that helps any of the three we know experiencing this problem.  (Also, 
whether anyone is seeing it on a platform other than windows.)


On Aug 7, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Donna Dierker <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have emailed nicky, the first one who reported this issue, to see what 
> graphics card she was using when she ran into this.
> 
> Hopefully Steven is still tuned into this thread.
> 
> This information is most helpful, Wouter.  Thank you much for posting these 
> details.
> 
> 
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:51 PM, "Schellekens, W." <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'd like to contribute to this topic, although I'm not sure of what use 
>> it'll be...
>> 
>> I'm experiencing the slowdown as well on a new windows 7 64bit machine. But 
>> I may have found a reason why.
>> 
>> I used to be able to use Caret v5.65 on my older windows 7 64bit laptop just 
>> fine. The main difference between that older laptop and my current one is 
>> the processor. The older one was a 2nd gen intel i3, and the current one is 
>> a 3th gen intel i7. Except for having higher clock rate now, something else 
>> has changed as well: the onboard graphics processor from HD3000 to HD4000. 
>> In addition to the onboard intel graphics chip, I also have a low-end Nvidia 
>> Geforce 610M graphics chip, which performance is quite similar to the HD4000.
>> 
>> Now, I still have the exact copy of Caret v5.65 I installed on the 2nd gen 
>> i3, and installed that one on my current system. When I'm using the HD4000 
>> graphics chip, Caret runs horrendously slow (editing voxels, node IDs, right 
>> mouse button, etc.). However, when I change to the Nvidia chip, Caret runs 
>> fine. My best guess is, that Caret and the HD4000 chip don't play nice 
>> together.
>> 
>> It would be interesting to see, if the other guys that experience slowdowns 
>> are using the HD4000 chip as well.
>> Hopefully, this has helped someone.
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Wouter Schellekens
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>> ________________________________________
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>> [[email protected]] namens Donna Dierker 
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>> Verzonden: maandag 5 augustus 2013 21:00
>> Aan: Caret, SureFit, and SuMS software users
>> Onderwerp: Re: [caret-users] Voxel editing slowdown?
>> 
>> We can rule out volume size as an issue, then.
>> 
>> Both complaints along these lines came from Windows users.
>> 
>> The only other idea that comes to mind (okay, delivered by another user) is 
>> trying the neurodebian virtual machine.  See if voxel editing is more 
>> responsive that way.
>> 
>> Apart from editing in another software package like MRIcron, and then 
>> prepare for flattening using the steps near the bottom of this page:
>> 
>> http://brainvis.wustl.edu/help/peak_tweaking/
>> 
>> I wish I knew of a quick fix.
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Steven Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you for the reply!
>>> 
>>> I am indeed running Windows (7 Professional 64-bit). I get similar delays 
>>> when opening the Identify Window after clicking anywhere on my image. The 
>>> dimensions of my volume are 78x182x128 (right hemisphere), but I get the 
>>> same slowdown with the Identify Window regardless of the volume used 
>>> (likely the same effect with voxel editing.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Steven
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Donna Dierker <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> See this thread:
>>> 
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02842.html
>>> 
>>> Are you running Caret on Windows, too?
>>> 
>>> Out of curiosity, what are the dimensions of the segmentation volume you 
>>> are editing?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 4, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Steven Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi, I've been working on segmentation and the voxel editing tools (mainly 
>>>> Turn Voxels On and Turn Voxels Off) show very delayed responses (about 2 
>>>> seconds after clicking). I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced 
>>>> this and, if so, what can be done about it?
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