Speeding up VS2008

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Hi

I am running vs2008 on a 1GB pc but it still runs slow. Is there anyway to
switch off some features to make vs2008 faster?

Thanks

Regards
 
John,

Do you have any sample what you call "slow", i have the oposite idea as it
is against version 2005

Cor
 
Hi

I am running vs2008 on a 1GB pc but it still runs slow. Is there anyway to
switch off some features to make vs2008 faster?
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Which OS are you running?
RAM is cheap at the moment, what about adding some?
 
If VS2008 is anything like VS2005, 2 GB will help a lot. With 1 gig, VS2005
was close to unusable for developing windows forms applications.
 
I use to run vs2008 pro with 2gb of ram, and found I had lags and refresh
problems all the time.

I upped my notebook to 4gb and most of the issues went away.

2 will not be enough for you imo. - it was not for me either.

Miro
 
I develop Win apps using Win XP Pro and have 3GB or RAM and while more would
be nice, i cannot complain about speed (my CPU is a P4 3GHz). I would add
RAM!
 
John said:
I am running vs2008 on a 1GB pc but it still runs slow. Is there
anyway to switch off some features to make vs2008 faster?
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So, you don't feel it necessary to make sure your programs run OK on the
latest Intel processors in a situation where there's >>4GB RAM, a 64-bit OS,
something like a 4850 video card and a couple of monitors? :-) You know,
just to make sure it'll be OK for all customers... you can always use the
old machine for testing too.

Of course, you wouldn't want to go over the top with something like
http://www.cray.com/Products/CX1.aspx

Andrew
 
A couple of things do wonder to VS.

1. Add more RAM - 1 GB may not be enough
2. Get a faster hard drive (7200 RPM does make a difference here)

In general, the more projects you are running at once, the slower VS is. Try
compiling projects that are essentially finished and you will speed things
up.

Another thing that helps is moving ocde out of your UI, especially with
ASP.NET applications.

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MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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I opted for a new T9600 with 4 GB of RAM and a 7200 RPM drive, but I know
most cannot just go out and buy a $2200 computer. More RAM is definitely a
great start and RAM is very cheap, except the new DDR3 RAM.

Essentially RAM and drive speed are two things that can easily be done to
speed things up.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

Blog:
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Don't forget as well,
If you install sqlserver 200x it will take a chunk out of your memory as
well.

When I originally started using an express version ( vb.net express ) and
installed the sqlserver 2005 express, the sqlserver 2005 complained that it
would install but I might not have enough memory.

You may have 1 GB on that machine, but some of it is already being eaten up
by other apps.

Miro
 
All good suggestions. Note: DO NOT add more that 3.5GB on a 32-bit system.
While the processor (and motherboard) can accept up to 4GB, the OS and video
interfaces often capture the top 500mb. If you add RAM that encroaches on
this space it will either be ignored (best case) or will cause conflicts
when the video card needs more headroom--this results in... well, bad stuff.

More RAM is key. All of my systems run at least 4GB (but all are now
64-bit). If you don't have enough RAM for the processes loaded, the system
has to swap. Swapping will kill performance. If you're running Vista, be
sure to insert a FAST USB key in the system so the system can use it as fast
swap space (ReadyBoost). This also seem to help. Yes, getting SQL Server
installed on a separate system also helps. But this is also true for IIS and
other overhead services.

hth

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President and Founder Beta V Corporation
Author, Mentor, Dad, Grandpa
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you can do some steps for better IDE's performance

In the Menu Tools\Options
You can see the Options Dialog

Enviroment\General
- Uncheck "Animate Enviroment Tools"

Enviroment\Startup
- In At startup set Show empty enviroment
- Uncheck "Download content every:"

TextEditor
- Uncheck "Track changes"

Maybe that helps you

Elmer Carías
El Salvador, Central America
 
| Hi
|
| I am running vs2008 on a 1GB pc but it still runs slow. Is there anyway to
| switch off some features to make vs2008 faster?
|
You could always upgrade to VB6. :-)
 
Fred Block said:
I develop Win apps using Win XP Pro and have 3GB or RAM and while more
would be nice, i cannot complain about speed (my CPU is a P4 3GHz). I would
add RAM!
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fwiw, 32 bit versions of Windows limit you to 3gb of usable ram (no one will
*ever* need more than 64k, right?). Save the "ram money" for birthday gifts
<g>

Results 1 - 100 of about 1,210 English pages for "3gb max" "32 bit"
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&as_qdr=all&q="3gb+max"+"32+bit"&btnG=Search&lr=lang_en
 
Ken,

Was my idea too, while reading all those advices for more Ram, that is only
usefull as it is needed, it is not a processor which direct will result in
faster processing time. However the fable seems to be since the introduction
from NT like OS systems that needed much more Ram than W98 like OS systems,
while people were used to little memory.

More Ram is only advisable in some situations (which are adviced here in the
message thread). However on a 32Bit system is only 2Gb direct addressable by
a program. I in a 64Bit system and you are running a 64Bit OS (like me) then
you can add some more memory. I however have 2Gb and at this moment I see
not any reason to expand this.

Cor
 
This of course not in any kind of virtual computer situation.

As the OP is running that, then I assume that he would first have tried to
set his user part to maximum to try what happens and than there is no 1Gb
situation.

Cor
 
¤ | I am running vs2008 on a 1GB pc but it still runs slow. Is there anyway to
¤ | switch off some features to make vs2008 faster?
¤ |
¤ You could always upgrade to VB6. :-)
¤

That would actually require locating a copy...that didn't cost more than .NET. ;-)


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
 
2 GIG of RAM is a must. Worked with 1GIG and now at 2GIG

I was given a second computer (with three flat screens) to install VS2008
which began with 1GIG RAM. My average solution is not small. With that said
I could program all day with this setup but would bog down with two
instances of Studio open. Recently added another GIG of RAM and now running
two VS2008 at once is very acceptable in response time and running one copy
is very fast. Reading some of the other replies, I didn't realize that
anything over 3.5 GIG of RAM would not be used as I was thinking about
doubling the RAM to assist with keeping other applications open while VS was
open.
 
Right. Thus the need to go to 64-bit. My dev system (which also has to host
a VPC from time-to-time has 6GB of RAM. Overkill? Yes, but at $30 for 4GB
(Frys) it's nice to have the headroom.

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William R. Vaughn
President and Founder Beta V Corporation
Author, Mentor, Dad, Grandpa
Microsoft MVP
(425) 556-9205 (Pacific time)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
http://betav.com http://betav.com/blog/billva
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