Hi,
This isn’t a gaming question – I hope that’s ok – but I thought you folks would be best people to ask, as it is about graphics rendering. I’m an assistive technology adviser at a UK university and I’m trying to solve a problem for an architecture student who says that when she uses Sketchup it “runs incredibly slowly and eventually grinds to a halt”. Her machine is only 3 months old and still under warranty. From my preliminary research the spec appears to be ok for what she is trying to do with it, but I just wanted to be sure before I contact the suppliers and tell them there is something wrong with their machine. I’m not expecting a diagnosis, but maybe some pointers as to what it might be or what to check.
Nb she backs up her work onto an external drive so the hard disk has plenty of free space on it. I’m pretty sure she isn’t trying to run a hundred programs at once.
TIA
opaz
The machine:
MiNote 8227DMP Notebook Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, (3.5Kg) DVD-RW, 512Mb NVIDIA 8600MGS 17" WXGA X-GlassTFT
OS: Vista Ultimate
Software loaded on it:
AutoCad
3D Studio Max 2008 Student Version (PC) 2 Year Licence
Dragon Professional V9
Kaspersky Internet Security V7 Antivirus, Firewall and Spyware Protection (OEM)
Sketchup (v7)
(the system requirements for sketchup can be found here: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36208)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 extended (v10)
This isn’t a gaming question – I hope that’s ok – but I thought you folks would be best people to ask, as it is about graphics rendering. I’m an assistive technology adviser at a UK university and I’m trying to solve a problem for an architecture student who says that when she uses Sketchup it “runs incredibly slowly and eventually grinds to a halt”. Her machine is only 3 months old and still under warranty. From my preliminary research the spec appears to be ok for what she is trying to do with it, but I just wanted to be sure before I contact the suppliers and tell them there is something wrong with their machine. I’m not expecting a diagnosis, but maybe some pointers as to what it might be or what to check.
Nb she backs up her work onto an external drive so the hard disk has plenty of free space on it. I’m pretty sure she isn’t trying to run a hundred programs at once.
TIA
opaz
The machine:
MiNote 8227DMP Notebook Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, (3.5Kg) DVD-RW, 512Mb NVIDIA 8600MGS 17" WXGA X-GlassTFT
OS: Vista Ultimate
Software loaded on it:
AutoCad
3D Studio Max 2008 Student Version (PC) 2 Year Licence
Dragon Professional V9
Kaspersky Internet Security V7 Antivirus, Firewall and Spyware Protection (OEM)
Sketchup (v7)
(the system requirements for sketchup can be found here: http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36208)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 extended (v10)