On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 3:17:39 PM UTC-5, Robert Fisk wrote: > On 12/30/2016 01:33 AM, Jarle Thorsen wrote: > > torsdag 29. desember 2016 13.14.25 UTC+1 skrev Grzesiek Chodzicki følgende: > >> W dniu czwartek, 29 grudnia 2016 13:07:44 UTC+1 użytkownik Jarle Thorsen > >> napisał: > >>> Currently my Windows 7 StandaloneVM feels a bit sluggish. > >>> > >>> Moving windows (no phun intended) is a pain. > >>> > >>> Is it possible to have a Windows VM without any lag, or is this just a > >>> part of the deal with Qubes OS? > >>> > >>> What tweaks should I do to get my Windows VM as responsive as possible? > >>> > >>> I have no problems with lag in dom0 or any of the Linux VMs. > >>> > >>> My display is 2560x1440, maybe a large display is part of my problem? > >> > >> VM Performance is largely dependent on the CPU and RAM so ensure that your > >> Windows VM has enough vCPUs and RAM assigned to it. > > > > Throwing more vCPUs and RAM at it hasn't made a big difference so far, but > > I'm moving my system to a way more powerful system the next couple of days, > > hope that will make a difference. > > > > Can anybody please confirm that it is indeed possible to have a lag-free > > Windows experience under QubesOS? > > > > I run a Win7 VM on a i5 gen 4 ULV machine. I have always had problems > with lag increasing over time. On bootup the VM is fast, but after 20 > min it is unusable with each screen redraw taking ~4 sec and associated > high CPU usage. This has happened both on R3.0 and R3.2. > > I work around the issue by using Remmina (or other RDP client) in an > appVM, and allowing IP forwarding in the firewall vm. This solution does > not suffer from increasing lag, and should be usable for everything > except gaming. See instructions here: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/firewall/ > > > Regards, > Robert
hmm weird, my windows 7 vm is a little laggy, but I figured its normal. it doesn't increase over time for me and doesn't seem that bad. Have you tried to set the windows system setting to performance mode? If you try to do gpu intensive tasks it might be an issue though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/42e347be-d073-431e-a21c-239b4199db81%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
