Unresponsive and slow

just down loaded the trail version, my program opens , but is very unresponsive and slow , i have enough ram , and CPU , why is this ?

Run the Rhino command SystemInfo and post the results. That will provide system information which will assist someone to help you.

Rhino 7 SR20 2022-7-12 (Rhino 7, 7.20.22193.09001, Git hash:master @ 9b19bfdb8c343dd6fa8df3514068defd72273d6f)
License type: Evaluation, build 2022-07-12
License details: Stand-Alone
Expires on: 2022-10-23

Windows 10 (10.0.19044 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 9.9Gb)

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 5-19-2016 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 2 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (NVidia) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 5-1-2017 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 382.05
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 1 adapter port(s)
- Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.5 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.5
Shading Language: 4.50 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 5-1-2017
Driver Version: 22.21.13.8205
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 1 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.20.22193.9001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.20.22193.9001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.20.22193.9001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.20.22193.9001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.20.22193.9001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

Your video drivers are exceedingly old and your system isn’t really up to snuff for Rhino 7, not enough RAM or VRAM, your GeForce is 11 years old.

So do u recommend new grafix card ?

Well you can’t upgrade a laptop GPU, but to start…there are probably other things lacking if the GPU is that ancient.

new laptop ?

Intel(R) Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz 2.30 GHz

Again that dates to 2011, so…??? Is it even able to run at full speed anymore, is the cooling ventilation plugged up with dust or the fan not working so well?

Older versions of Rhino were specifically designed to used on whatever old computer you have lying around in some office that’s not even CAD-oriented. That’s not the case since upgrades to OpenGL support in V6, it is no longer optimized to run on a potato, you should have at least a half-decent “gaming” machine.

not a terrible idea.

read this-

Since it is a hybrid, make sure, in the NVidia control panel, that you are in High Performance mode.

-Pascal

these are the settings pascal is talking about-