I did not want to criticize kicad, I just wanted to know if other user experience the same issue as me. I'm really satisfied about kicad functions.
For information, my configuration is the following: core2DUO P8700 2,54GHz with 4Gb of RAM. The "graphic card" ;) is a Intel GMA4500MHD. I dont think it's an hardware problem, it's just due to the bad openGL implementation since Windows Vista. Kicad is running very well on my desktop PC using XP with a lighter hardware configuration. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess <gregory.dy...@...> wrote: > > OK, I think your rant against Windows is just a little over the top and adds > nothing constructive to the conversation. Some people don't have the choice > to run whatever they want and that must be recognized. KiCAD supports > Windows and if there is a major performance issue, it should be looked into > since the level of graphics processing is pretty minimal for KiCAD compared > to real-time games, etc. > > 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. > > You didn't mention what hardware you are running this on, so it's hard to > tell whether you are just simply underpowered for Windows 7. Does your > system run other applications well? Have you checked the Task Manager and/or > Performance Monitor to try to determine what resource is causing the > bottleneck (CPU, Memory, Disk, Interrupts, etc)? > > I would suggest you check the following: > 1. Check to make sure all of the third-party libraries are up to date and are > compiled with the optimizing/release settings. > 2. Make sure you have plenty of RAM (at LEAST 2 GB or more). > 3. Make sure you have the latest optimized drivers for your video card. > 4. If you have BOINC running, make sure none of your projects are using the > CUDA to push processing onto your graphics card. If you do have this, make > sure at lease you have it set to only use the GCU whenever it is not busy or > your graphics willl be horribly slow on everything. > > Check to see if you have any viruses or anything else running in the > background soaking up CPU/GPU cycles. > > Greg > > > ________________________________ > From: DanielW <dan...@...> > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 1:53:09 PM > Subject: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7 > > There's another solution you're missing: use a CAD package that's designed to > work well under Windows, unlike KiCad. > > Someone who's willing to shell out hard-earned cash for Windows 7 should be > happy to also buy a nice commercial CAD package, such as Orcad. Trying to > run Free software on Windows is just silly. If you're going to buy into the > whole commercial software thing, then don't do it halfway. Use paid, > commercial software for everything you do in Windows, as the whole > environment is one where Microsoft and its ISV partners work together to > bring you the software experience they think you should have, for a fee, and > if you're bought Windows, then that proves that you also buy into Microsoft's > vision. Microsoft's vision does NOT include any Free software; they've > stated this publicly over and over. > > Personally, I'm perfectly happy with KiCad running on Kubuntu. > > Dan > > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "dickelbeck" <dick@> wrote: > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "o00batman00o" <anthony.siegrist@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > Since I upgraded to windows 7, I can't use pcbnew beacause the screen > > > refresh is amazing slow. I can see dot grid showing up from left to > > > right. I notice the same behavior on all PC running Windows Vista or 7. > > > > > > My temporary solution is to run Kicad under Ubuntu via VirtualBox. By > > > this way refreshing rate is in my opinion 10 times faster. > > > > > > Does someone noticed the same issue? > > > > No, but I don't use Windows. > > > > > Is there a solution ? > > > > Use Ubuntu? > > > > How much pain do you need, before you switch? I hit my threshold 6 years > > ago. I assume you use Windows for a reason, is that reason so that you can > > call Microsoft and get help on issues like this? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 >
