Google Earth is a fascinating application, but it has one major fault: it is very resource-intensive (bandwidth of your Internet connection, the resources of your CPU and graphics card) … Fortunately, it is possible to change some settings on your computer for an optimal use of Google Earth.
Step 1
If you own a computer that has more than three to four years and an internet connection below 1 Mbps, using Google Earth is not smooth, the animations are jerky graphics. The smallest zoom on a satellite view – for example, to obtain a level of high detail – requires many seconds of patience.
Also, before launching Google Earth, you need close all the processes that operate in the background and in this context of use, are of no use. Begin by simultaneously press the keys [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] keys of your keyboard to bring up the “Task Manager in Windows”.
Step 2
To achieve ease your system, click the Processes tab. You view and list all processes running loaded by the system.
To compare the number of running processes with the number of applications running, click the Applications tab. While the latter shows only two elements, the first of several dozen.
Step 3
All processes can not be closed indiscriminately. Thus, when they are displayed as SYSTEM in the column “Name of the user”, it can be hazardous to click on End Process as you may destabilize Windows. However, you might risk because even in case of malfunctions, you will solve the problem by restarting Windows. So select the processes one by one (except “Explorer” which is the kernel of Windows) and click End Process.
Step 4
Google Earth requires an Internet connection because it gets stronger all the information on a remote server. Also, to optimize the bandwidth of your connection, remember to close all applications that use it. Remember that your email client, your instant messenger as Windows Live Messenger use it. Finally if you use a sharing software, make sure to shut down (and not just reduce it in the taskbar).
Step 5
If you do not want to stop Google Earth but your configuration does not hold water, thus considering a new graphics card! Consider a card that shipped at least 256MB of memory.
In absolute terms, at a time when Windows requires a lot about the graphics plan, you can opt for a graphics card which supports DirectX 10. And you’ll get the most out of Google Earth, that works well with DirectX 9.
For a bottom-of-the-range graphics card, the price to pay is reasonable: around €100.
Tags: Google, Google Earth, Softwares, Tips and Tricks, Web
