Thread: [SOLVED] Pls confirm 2007 chart redraw is up to 10 times slower than 2003

I have complex charts, with many data points. The redraw time on my machine
in Excel 2003 (all updates for office and wxp installed) is 2-3 sec, which I
consider extremely slow, so I was looking forward to an new chart engine with
better speed from 2007, but am flabergasted at how slow 2007 is.
Try this...create a line chart, 12 columns of 5000 points each. Put it
imbeded in a worksheet. Tab to another worksheet, tab back, time the redraw.
On my machine (3 ghz, 2gig ram), redraw time is 2-3 sec for all the lines to
show up on the graph. In 2007, it takes a full minute! the graph looks
better (lines are more clear), but wow, this redraw time is crazy! I created
the graph in 2003, pulled it into 2007 and saved it as 2007.xlsm file type.

I also have a graph with ~ 50 5k point lines, of which I hide most of them
at any one time. This chart redraw in 2007 can go on for 5 minutes!
(compared to 10-15 sec in 2003)

Am I unaware of some setting to speed things up, or did MS realy make charts
10X slower to redraw?
Best regards
Larry

Larry -

Keep in mind that you are not using Excel 2007. Unless you have been able to
time-transport yourself into the future, you are actually using Excel 2007
Beta 2. And you should not expect that a Beta version is optimized for
speed.

- Mike
www.mikemiddleton.com

"larry godfrey" <larrygodfrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5148CE01-A774-4E6B-AE59-F400867B584C@microsoft.com...
>I have complex charts, with many data points. The redraw time on my
>machine
> in Excel 2003 (all updates for office and wxp installed) is 2-3 sec, which
> I
> consider extremely slow, so I was looking forward to an new chart engine
> with
> better speed from 2007, but am flabergasted at how slow 2007 is.
> Try this...create a line chart, 12 columns of 5000 points each. Put it
> imbeded in a worksheet. Tab to another worksheet, tab back, time the
> redraw.
> On my machine (3 ghz, 2gig ram), redraw time is 2-3 sec for all the lines
> to
> show up on the graph. In 2007, it takes a full minute! the graph looks
> better (lines are more clear), but wow, this redraw time is crazy! I
> created
> the graph in 2003, pulled it into 2007 and saved it as 2007.xlsm file
> type.
>
> I also have a graph with ~ 50 5k point lines, of which I hide most of them
> at any one time. This chart redraw in 2007 can go on for 5 minutes!
> (compared to 10-15 sec in 2003)
>
> Am I unaware of some setting to speed things up, or did MS realy make
> charts
> 10X slower to redraw?
> Best regards
> Larry

Sorry for being too casual about the beta part...
However, I would not expect optimization for speed to handle a 10X slow down.
I have run some additional tests using VBA for sheet calculations. If I
calculate a singele row in a complex sheet inside vba, it takes 15! times
longer in the 2007 beta vs 2003.

The only time I see 2007 beta any better in speed compared to 2003 is in a
workbook where 2003 dependency limit has been exceeded so 2003 has to do a
full recalc while 2007 beta only does a "changed" recalc.

Has anyone else done some speed tests?

Best Regards
Larry


"Mike Middleton" wrote:

> Larry -
>
> Keep in mind that you are not using Excel 2007. Unless you have been able to
> time-transport yourself into the future, you are actually using Excel 2007
> Beta 2. And you should not expect that a Beta version is optimized for
> speed.
>
> - Mike
> www.mikemiddleton.com

It's not just optimization. If you've used the various charting and graphics
modules much in 2007 Beta 2, you will have noticed that a lot of things are
still a bit off. It's a combination of correcting the glitches, optimizing
the internal processes, and who knows what else, that will improve the
performance of the program.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"larry godfrey" <larrygodfrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:718AAC99-A4A7-47E1-9AAD-119181849948@microsoft.com...
> Sorry for being too casual about the beta part...
> However, I would not expect optimization for speed to handle a 10X slow
> down.
> I have run some additional tests using VBA for sheet calculations. If I
> calculate a singele row in a complex sheet inside vba, it takes 15! times
> longer in the 2007 beta vs 2003.
>
> The only time I see 2007 beta any better in speed compared to 2003 is in a
> workbook where 2003 dependency limit has been exceeded so 2003 has to do a
> full recalc while 2007 beta only does a "changed" recalc.
>
> Has anyone else done some speed tests?
>
> Best Regards
> Larry
>
>
> "Mike Middleton" wrote:
>
>> Larry -
>>
>> Keep in mind that you are not using Excel 2007. Unless you have been able
>> to
>> time-transport yourself into the future, you are actually using Excel
>> 2007
>> Beta 2. And you should not expect that a Beta version is optimized for
>> speed.
>>
>> - Mike
>> www.mikemiddleton.com

Scott Rubble of microsoft was able to recreate my slow graphing with beta 2,
but has encouraging comments regarding optimization process: "With our recent
performance improvements in charting, it renders much faster than in Beta 2.
The upcoming release of Beta 2 TR should be a good indication of the actual
performance you will see at RTM."
So I am in "wait and see" mode! :o)
Heeeeres hoping!
Larry