# Slow response time when selecting items in SU. Thanks, Glenn

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** slow, selectiontool\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614 "2017-11-06T19:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oliverlily1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/96bed5/32.png) [@Oliverlily1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Oliverlily1)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614/1 "2017-11-06T19:28:29Z")

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The lag-time for item selection is 10+ seconds. Does anyone know of any recent Windows updates or any other issues that may be affecting the performance? Glenn

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**Author:** ![G\_Funk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@G\_Funk](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/G_Funk)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614/2 "2017-11-06T20:39:49Z")

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Hello @Oliverlily1

This happened to me about a month ago when I updated to the latest Sketchup version.

The solution I used was to tell my NVidia Control panel to use my high performance video card for the Sketchup application. (see screen shot)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/d/dd59b491a59df113787582648c8666d4e3f70413.jpg)

Hope this helps.

Garry

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**Author:** ![Caroline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/caroline/32/37338_2.png) [@Caroline](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Caroline)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614/3 "2017-11-06T21:50:47Z")

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Hi @Oliverlily1: You might find what you need in this thread: [Selection Tool process is slow, unbearably slow - #402 by Rippledesigner](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/selection-tool-process-is-slow-unbearably-slow/41147/402)

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**Author:** ![Neil\_Burkholder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Neil\_Burkholder](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Neil_Burkholder)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614/4 "2017-11-06T23:22:06Z")

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I had a client with the same problem just starting today. I rolled back his graphics card driver and the problem went away.

> [@Intel Graphics Driver Update makes SketchUp Slow](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/intel-graphics-driver-update-makes-sketchup-slow/54761):
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> I’ve noticed that a recent driver update is causing problems for various clients of mine. One of the most noticeable problems related to SketchUp is that it takes a long time to select objects (up to 2 seconds or more). I’ve rolled back the graphics drivers for several customers and they think I’m a magician (one hired an onsite computer tech with no luck). So to help everyone I’m posting the steps below for Windows 10. Start device manager (type ‘Device Manager’ from the start menu) [image…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/slow-response-time-when-selecting-items-in-su-thanks-glenn/54614/5 "2018-02-06T15:22:14Z")

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