Illustrator CC Running Slow and Lags on Windows 10

The performance of Illustrator, a vector image drawing software, largely depends on the type of hardware you use.

A faster processor, a graphics card, sufficient RAM memory, free HDD space can boost image processing performance. There are other elements too such as application settings, app files, GPU configurations, Virtual Memory size, which undoubtedly matter.

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Buy Faster Processor

Buying a faster processor will accelerate the processing of vector images, data, and other related objects.

 

Expand Memory

Check the amount of system memory. Buy additional Random Access Memory (RAM) to ensure Adobe Illustrator runs efficiently.

 

Stop Unnecessary Services

The services running in background consume higher CPU usage and slow down Illustrator. Quit unnecessary services from the Task Manager.

 

Monitor GPU Performance

Here are the steps to constantly monitor your Graphics Processing Unit’s performance.

1. Click the Preferences menu, choose GPU Performance.
2. Select the GPU performance checkbox.

 

Delete Application Data Files

Another solution is to check whether you’ve got corrupt application data files. Delete the appdata files as shown below:

1. Exit the program completely.
2. Double-click This PC desktop icon.
3. Open the following directory:
   C:\Users\XXX\Library\Application Support\Adobe
4. Select all file and delete them.

 

Increase Virtual Memory

The Virtual Memory extends your memory by using hard disk in addition to your RAM.

1. Press Windows Key + R.
2. Type the following command:
   %windir%\system32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
3. Click OK.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Click Change under the Virtual Memory heading.
6. Deselect the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives box.
7. Set a higher paging file size.
8. Click OK | OK.