Re: [Gimp-user] speeding up gimp

[Joel Rees <joel rees gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Casey Connor
<gimp-user-list caseyconnor org> wrote:
> I've been googling for info on making GIMP faster, and I think I have most
> of the bases covered (caches, SSD, RAM, etc.), but using large brushes on
> large images is still very slow.

Any reason you have to use such large brushes?

Except, I should ask first, how large to you mean?

> I have an i7 4770K and am using Intel on-board graphics. Would getting a
> graphics card of some kind be likely to improve things? I can't seem to find
> clear info -- it sounds like the latest GIMPs support GPU acceleration, but
> I'm not clear on whether I'd see a difference with my hardware?

Depends on the card. Some cards are better supported by free software
drivers than others, due in no small part to the manufacturers
attitudes towards free software and towards good design.

> I'm using 2.9.5 (on Kubuntu).

KDE desktop? What other libraries?

> Thanks for any tips.
>
> -c

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