01/09/2010 12:22:57
  
glasgowjim
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Muvizu is a very resource-intensive application so if you are running a lot of background programmes at the same time you may suffer a drop in performance, so I would recommend closing all unnecessary programmes while running Muvizu - especially on older PCs.
If you have Windows 7 or Vista closing Aero and the Side Bar can also increase performance:
Close Side Bar:
The following tutorial is pretty easy to follow:
http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/How-to-close-or-exit-Sidebar-in-Windows-Vista-%7BTutorial-for-beginners%7D/27223
Disable Windows Aero:
This is also a pretty decent tutorial:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/
Updating your Graphics card drivers to the latest version can also increase performance:
You can get the latest NVIDIA drivers from:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
And the latest ATI drivers from:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
You can also lower the resolution that Muvizu is running at by going to the "Prefs" menu in Muvizu - generally the lower the resolution the faster Muvizu will run.
You can also disable lighting by pressing F2, but you will probably want to turn it back on using F3 when you are creating your lights.
There are also some programmes which can boost your PCs performance - the "Resources" section has a thread on them which can be found at:
http://www.muvizu.com/forum/topic463-performance-increase-programmes.aspx
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