I am running windows 7 ultimate 64-bit, I run an old version of Kicad (2007-11-29-RC2) compiled to 64-Bit executables using MS visual studio .net 2003 and the 2003 SDK. My screen refresh is blazing fast. I wonder what has happened to Kicad over the years?
From: Greg Dyess Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7 I wasn't trying to say KiCAD was using that much RAM. That was just the configuration of the machines. Also, I would NEVER try to run anything on Vista, period! If you have Vista, invest in the upgrade and don't attempt anything with less than 2 GB. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kajdas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Greg Dyess <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 6:19:12 PM Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7 > Having said that, I run KiCad on a machine (quad core, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM) > that dual-boots Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 9.10. > I see no discernable difference in performance between the two, so it's > highly unlikely that Windows vs Ubuntu can account for the > performance issues the user is reporting. I also run KiCad on a 3-year old > laptop (dual-core, 32 bit @ 1.7 GHz with 2.5 GB RAM) > and have performance complaints there either. Good suggestions, but I am wandering what are you running because I also use Kicad on both and never used more than 0.5 GB of memory (768 MB installed) on single-core CPU and it is running fine, though not the latest SVN version. I would also recommend checking for viruses, because anytime I had a Windows machine slow down it was a zambie sending a lot of garbage to the internet. Unplug Ethernet and see. M. ------------------------------------ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links
