Multisim 11 - slow simulation (start and stop)

[Rizard]

Hi,

Multisim is bulliying me. It is slower then with any other student in my class.
Is it my 5400rpm hd, is it my Core i5 or my 8gigs of RAM?
It'll probably be a setting or 2, either in windows or Multisim but I'm clueless on that matter.

Anyone ever experienced slow simulations? (only a few adders, not gates, displays, logic analyzer and word generator)

thnx in advance

 

[Sceadwian]

Compare the settings on your machine to the ones on another machine.

 

[Rizard]

The settins in Multisim are the same. What settings in windows do you want me to check?

 

[alec_t]

Speed is also a function of how many processes are running in the background. Press Ctrl/Alt/Del and compare the pop-up list with that of another PC.
Simulations generate a lot of data which is stored on the disc. If your disc is nearly full that will slow things down.

 

[Rizard]

Indeed, that may be an issue although Windows states 307GB free out of 596
Maybe I should be blaming the 5400rpm slow hd

 

[Sceadwian]

The hard drive should have absolutely nothing to do with simulation speed, it's processor intensive not disk intensive.