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Inspiring
November 19, 2018
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Illustrator 23 very slow, not usable

  • November 19, 2018
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Current Ver 23.0.1

WIndows 10 x64

Xeon E3-1240-V3

32 GB Ram

GTX 1080

Installed on System SSD

Feels like 10 FPS - Can not even use a pen tool

v 22 Works perfect

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    Correct answer Gearless

    I've found, what caused the problem! It was the Info panel. Don't know why, but if it's opened, everything gets slow. If I close it, everything works fine!

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    Srishti_Bali
    Legend
    November 21, 2018

    Hi there,

    In addition to what Eugene has suggested above, I would suggest you to please try these steps as well: Improve Illustrator performance on Windows

    If that does not help, please try resetting Illustrator preferences: How to set preferences in Illustrator

    Important Note: Resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and launch Illustrator with default settings.

    Regards,

    Srishti

    GearlessAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 11, 2019

    Hello, I've used previous version of Illustrator all this time. Now had some time, and decided to try something to make 23 work. I've reset all Illustrator settings, uninstalled all Illustrator versions, installed 23 again, and it worked just fine! But after I've restarted my pc, it became very unresponisve and slow again, just as it was before... I really don't know what to do else.

    GearlessAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    March 11, 2019

    I've found, what caused the problem! It was the Info panel. Don't know why, but if it's opened, everything gets slow. If I close it, everything works fine!

    Community Expert
    November 19, 2018

    Can you take a look at your preferences and go to the Performance and tell us what the GPU  says?

    GearlessAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 19, 2018

    Hi, here is a screenshot.

    Or do you need the text information under a "show system info" button?

    Community Expert
    November 19, 2018

    I had something similar with the graphics card not showing up and had to change the cable for the monitor for a different port. But doesn't seem to be the case here.

    Another issue I had was I had to update the Bios but that was on a windows computer - not sure what you're using here, but by the graphics card I'd assume it's a windows computer.

    In terms of this - I'd look up any updates you may need, bios, graphics drivers etc.

    Remember to do a restore point before commencing.