Hi all,
I regularly work with meshes. Just tried rhino 9 and it seems significantly slower - to compare I opened rhino 8 and can confirm on my computer WIP
Display seems a little smoother on 8 too
HP Z book
64gb ram
Mesh size:
16,423,249 polygons
Rhino 8 SR28 2026-2-10 (Rhino 8, 8.28.26041.11001, Git hash:master @ b7874a05a6982d0419fcc4f6009b510b48a09cb3)
License type: Commercial, build 2026-02-10
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET Framework 4.8.9310.0
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [97% battery remaining]
Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 9-16-2025 (M-D-Y).
Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 8-21-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 573.71
Integrated accelerated graphics device (shares primary device ports)
- Video pass-through to primary display device
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: Off
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 8-21-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.7371
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 4 GB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\ADA 3D\Mesh2Surface for Rhino 6\m2s_for_Rhino.rhp “MESH2SURFACE”
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins\XNurbs (80be33b0-13b2-4ac4-9c77-03829214f9e9)\7.0.1.1\XNurbsRhino8.rhp “XNurbs”
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins\Crayon (39629248-4fa6-47b8-83c7-745a7efea259)\1.2.0.0\Crayon\Crayon.rhp “Crayon” 1.0.0.0
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCAM 2024 for R8\RhinoCAM 2024 For Rhino8.0.rhp “RhinoCAM 2024 - The cutting edge CAM plug-in for Rhino 8.0 from MecSoft Corporation”
C:\Program Files\Scan&Solve Pro for Rhino 6 & 7\SnSPro_Rhino_6+7.rhp “Scan&Solve Pro for Rhino” 1.0.0.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\import_STL.rhp “STL Import”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.28.26041.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\import_GHS.rhp “General Hydrostatics (GHS) Import”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp “Calc”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools” it’s slower.
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Rhino 9 SR0 2026-2-17 (Rhino WIP, 9.0.26048.12305, Git hash:master @ fe499fe9d3780004fd33b334eaaadc0ea983e6b2)
License type: Commercial, build 2026-02-17
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2026-04-03
Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET 9.0.13
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [97% battery remaining]
Hybrid graphics configuration using DirectX
Primary display: NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 8-21-2025 (M-D-Y).
Integrated accelerated graphics device (shares primary device ports)
- Laptop’s primary display device
Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 9-16-2025 (M-D-Y).
Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
DirectX Settings
Safe mode: Off
OpenBLAS: OpenBLAS 0.3.30 DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY SkylakeX MAX_THREADS=64.
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McNeel\Rhinoceros\9.0\Plug-ins\Crayon (39629248-4fa6-47b8-83c7-745a7efea259)\1.2.0.0\Crayon\Crayon.rhp “Crayon” 1.0.0.0
C:\Program Files\Scan&Solve Pro for Rhino 6 & 7\SnSPro_Rhino_6+7.rhp “Scan&Solve Pro for Rhino” 1.0.0.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\UpdatesAndStatistics\UpdatesAndStatistics.rhp “UpdatesAndStatistics” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 9.0.26048.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\import_STL.rhp “STL Import”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
Just thought i would let you know.
Thanks
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