Performance

[bobmcswain]

My Aftershow Pro 2 has miserable performance. My computer:

AMD 8350 8 processor running 4.0mhz
8 GB memory
C: 120 GB SSD (40gb free)
D: WD Sata3 3.0 TB (1.3 TB free)
Nvidia GT 520 (Driver current)
Win 7 / 64 bit (latest maint)
Dual Monitor (both 1440x900)

ASP:
Hardware Accel: Use OpenCl at highest performance
Performance: 8 Threads; I/O threads 1; Batch Items 3

Any recommendations?

Thanks,
Bob

[bobmcswain]

One more set of details:
I am a new user of ASP 30+ days;
a long time photographer and photo software user(primarily Adobe and DAM)
1 catalog on D:
18 directories of pictures on D:
Approximately 600-700 pictures

[afx]

What is miserable performance?
GUI, Adjustments, batching?

cheers
afx

[bobmcswain]

Just opening ASP and moving around is miserable. Not doing anything special...yet. I shoot RAW+JPG from a D5300 (24mb images).

[afx]

Switch off OpenCL. Set batch items in flight to one.
Where is your cache/user directory? It should be on the SSD.

cheers
afx

[bobmcswain]

Just cancelled Ad Aware Services and it is much smoother! Will try shutting off the Open CL.

Where do I set cache location? Don't find it within preferences.

[afx]

Just cancelled Ad Aware Services and it is much smoother!

What is that????

Will try shutting off the Open CL.

Usually OpenCL should make things faster, but some drivers are wonky...

[quote[Where do I set cache location? Don't find it within preferences.[/quote]
It is always in your user folder, so you would have to move your user folder (see preferences/general for the current location)

cheers
afx

[bobmcswain]

adaware by lavasoft.

By moving the "user folder location" I almost lost the catalog of 600+ pictures. BE CAREFUL.

Without "Use OpenCL" it takes 3 full seconds from click and seeing a Raw/NEF image on the screen. With "Use OpenCL" on and OpenCL Utilization set to High, it is a "short" 2 seconds to do the same. This is much better than with the adaware running. IMHO still too slow. 8 CPUs at 4Ghz in 64bit should be sub 1 second.

[afx]

adaware by lavasoft.

Useless piece of crap if you ask me. Check the history of the company.

By moving the "user folder location" I almost lost the catalog of 600+ pictures. BE CAREFUL.

Why do you have a catalog in the user folder?

Without "Use OpenCL" it takes 3 full seconds from click and seeing a Raw/NEF image on the screen. With "Use OpenCL" on and OpenCL Utilization set to High, it is a "short" 2 seconds to do the same. This is much better than with the adaware running. IMHO still too slow. 8 CPUs at 4Ghz in 64bit should be sub 1 second.

I suggest setting up a fresh machine. This adaware thing and your machine still crawling sounds to me like you've caught something...

My stone age quad phenom is faster...

cheers
afx

[eDDe]

I am using ASP 2.1 on MacbookPro i5 2.4Ghz dual core + 8GB ram.
ASPro has very long startup - enough to boil kettle and make a cup of tea. Exceedingly long compared to Windows version on my desktop. Catalogs have about 2000 images. Graphics do not support open CL.
Anyone else experienced this? Solutions?

Thanks

[bobmcswain]

{Quote}
Useless piece of crap...
Why do you have a catalog...
I suggest setting up ....
{End Quote}

1. Adaware has not caused me problems before including with ADOBE MASTER COLLECTION (CS4, CS5, And CS6), Corel PaintShop Pro, and Corel VideoStudio.
2. That is the default that Corel ASP2 sets up.
3. NOT unless all my other software exhibits this poor performance characteristic.


Unless you have something positive to add to this request for help, please keep you hands away from the keyboard.

[afx]

1. Adaware has not caused me problems before including with ADOBE MASTER COLLECTION (CS4, CS5, And CS6), Corel PaintShop Pro, and Corel VideoStudio.

Just look at their history, stuff from those guys should never ever be installed anywhere.

2. That is the default that Corel ASP2 sets up.

Nope.
It sets up a catalog in the pictures folder. (which is also silly...)

3. NOT unless all my other software exhibits this poor performance characteristic.

Any machine that has anything from lavasoft installed is suspect.

cheers
afx