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3-Newcomer
December 13, 2023
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MathCad Prime 9.0 - extremly slow performance

  • December 13, 2023
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I have a very strange problem with this new mathcad. So the situation is that with a file of only 1.5 mb (something about 30 pages), page scrolling gets stuck and even when entering text (ctrl + T), writing a little faster, the text appears with a delay of several seconds so that it is impossible to In this case, work comfortably, I won't write about the rest because it covers only such basic functions. And the question is what is the reason for this functioning. A month ago I bought a new Asus TUF 15 computer but I returned it after some time because I didn't like it, now I have a new Acer Nitro 5 for a week and the problem is the same in both the first and second case, so it shouldn't be a hardware issue because I have new ones components good enough to work on 10 such mathcads at the same time.
As for the rest of the actions I took, even when I switch Mathcad from AMD to NVIDIA (RTX 3050), the situation is the same.

I will be grateful for an answer as to why the program behaves this way and what else I could do to fix it.

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23-Emerald IV
December 14, 2023

"this new mathcad": New as compared to what? Mathcad (15 or earlier) or Prime (before 9)?

It is known that Prime is slower than Mathcad in many respects. But even with Mathcad I generally have automatic calculation switched off in order not to be delayed by recalculating areas when I change something.

See if that helps for you.

 

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Luc

13-Aquamarine
December 14, 2023

It would be so nice if the "Stop All Calculations" actually did that. I think it is about an hour since I pressed it and the sheet is STILL calculating... I suspect it tries to clear the buffer up to the moment I pressed it. Meanwhile it seems saving doesn't work either...