Blender on Windows 7

Post by **Tweek** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:47 pm

Over the weekend upgraded my OS to Windows 7 and have noticed that Blender is now really slow and choppy, I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

Post by **Marcello** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:03 pm

Hmmm, not tried yet. I just upgraded my machine to a whooping i5 and 5850 card and installed WIndows 7 and Blender. Still waiting for memory replacement. Will try Blender on Friday. Hope this is not the case, because I intend to do some serious work in the upcoming weeks

Post by **Goofy** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:27 pm

I tried it on my laptop and it starts up lots faster then on my PC, but I need a actual mouse or trackball to use it. Haven't really used it all that much though.

Post by **Tweek** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:32 pm

Hmm, wonder if it's a RAM issue

Post by **Aloys** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:57 am

I always wait quite a bit to upgrade when a new version of Windows is released to make sure all potential compatibility issues for my usual softwares and tools are smoothed out..

Hmm, wonder if it's a RAM issue

7 is a little less demanding than Vista in the RAM department, if you have 2 gigas and a decent HD you should be doing fine.. Also, you have probably already done this, but make sure your drivers are up to date; especially for your graphics board.

Post by **ZURI** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:05 am

Aloys wrote:I always wait quite a bit to upgrade when a new version of Windows is released to make sure all potential compatibility issues for my usual softwares and tools are smoothed out..

LOL, that's why I'm still sticking with XP. Until the time comes that absolutely "forces" me to upgrade, I'll stick with the buggy version of Windows that I have now. No sense in upgrading to another "buggy" release. 8-)

Post by **Old Wolle** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:45 am

Tweek wrote:Over the weekend upgraded my OS to Windows 7 and have noticed that Blender is now really slow and choppy, I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

It is possible that you use the wrong or an outdated videodriver. When you use the driver Win7 installed it is possible that 3D-Support is disabled.
When you have a Nvidia card: The newest driver has some bugs, use the driver from 2010 Jan 19.

Post by **Paradox** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:55 am

ZURI wrote:
Aloys wrote:I always wait quite a bit to upgrade when a new version of Windows is released to make sure all potential compatibility issues for my usual softwares and tools are smoothed out..

LOL, that's why I'm still sticking with XP. Until the time comes that absolutely "forces" me to upgrade, I'll stick with the buggy version of Windows that I have now. No sense in upgrading to another "buggy" release.

Just Don't press the F1 key in Windows XP.

Post by **teedyo** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:51 pm

Unixen give you just enough rope to hang yourself, but Windows(tm) gives enough so that anyone can hang you.

Post by **ZURI** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:01 pm

Paradox wrote:
ZURI wrote:
Aloys wrote:I always wait quite a bit to upgrade when a new version of Windows is released to make sure all potential compatibility issues for my usual softwares and tools are smoothed out..

LOL, that's why I'm still sticking with XP. Until the time comes that absolutely "forces" me to upgrade, I'll stick with the buggy version of Windows that I have now. No sense in upgrading to another "buggy" release.

Just Don't press the F1 key in Windows XP.

In URU it doesn't do anything, and in Blender it brings up the Open dialog. Out of curiousity, what is it that you are referring to?

Edit: Ahh, RTFM....

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