Nikon Capture 4 on XP

Hi

just started running a trial of Nikon Capture 4 on Win XP. My machines old but still no slouch - Athlon XP 2000, 1.3 GB RAM, UDMA 133 drives.

Yet the application runs like a snail, taking 30 secs to open a D2X NEF (compared with a couple of seconds in RAW shooter) and if I try and adjust exposure, then the whole thing grinds to a halt and thinks about it for 5 minutes.

I have no problem running other power apps like CS2 on this machine - I can process multiple TIFFS simultaneouslty and the computer deals with it no sweat

Am I missing something on the config of Capture, like SWAP files etc., or is the software so poor that it just eats up my machine when I try anything?

cheers

Steve

In a word, yes, it's that power hungry. I think it brute-forces where it should finesse. Sloppy code.

You might try adding a hard drive (best), or, moving your partitions around to make space for another volume (cheapest and still works faster). Then point your Capture temp folder to that.

I'm running 2 GB of RAM, but that's mostly because of PS. I'm an anomally around here...I work mostly with jpg's and rarely with RAW.

All the best, James