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    Adobe Fireworks CS3 so laggy on M1530?!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    WTF, even my Pentium 4 Compaq (3.0ghz) is smoother than this. Whenever I'm using the Brush Tool or Erase Tool in Adobe Fireworks CS3, the cursor is so laggy on the canvas. Anyody experiencing this in Adobe Fireworks? Or even in any other image editing softwares?

    Here's the vid to see what I'm talking about: http://www.hanime.net/m1530.wmv
     
    hanime, Jun 19, 2008
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  2. Kossel

    Kossel Notebook Evangelist

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    i understand you... because i had the same problem before, no matter what config u change, and even even enable/disable layer lags like hell...

    so i use cs2 .. lol

    after so many formating and formating it somehow gone.. :S
     
    Kossel, Jun 19, 2008
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    Sadly, CS3 is sometimes laggy for me. But I don't know why, but I would agree with Kossel...maybe switch to CS2.
     
    azntiger1000, Jun 19, 2008
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    CS3 seems to hate a lot of computers. It's not exactly the best of the CS line performance-wise.
     
    Bauer418, Jun 19, 2008
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    Would drivers help?

    The 175.80 drivers are getting rave reviews, and I dont studder in my 3d games anymore with them.
     
    Lucanesti, Jun 19, 2008
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    Where can I get the 175.80 drivers? Are they better then the 174.3
     
    Easy301, Jun 19, 2008
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  8. hanime

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    Thanks for the input everyone. I'll give CS2 a try and see if that's the case. :)
     
    hanime, Jun 19, 2008
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  9. webmarks

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    It's a problem with Aero...

    Courtesy of http://joolz.nl/2008/05/29/vista-aero-fireworks-cs3/ :

    • Open up your applications shortcut property dialog, by right clicking and selecting properties.
    • On the compatibility tab, tick the box in front of “Disable desktop composition”.
    • Click apply, and OK to close the dialog.
     
    webmarks, Jan 22, 2009
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  10. Forte

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    If you have a pirated version... yeeps. I'm running Fireworks CS3 and its smooth.
     
    Forte, Jan 25, 2009
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    CS3 was smooth, on here (XP or Vista) CS4 is even better xD
     
    xDayan, Jan 25, 2009
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    Try checking if your CPU/GPU is running on the right clocks...
     
    flipfire, Jan 25, 2009
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