The Fastest Grid

[Eric Weinschenk]

Hey people,
I'm conducting a mini survey for myself and my boss.

After using one particular grid component for a win forms thick client app,
we decided it's important to find a faster grid.

What defines fast? Fast is when you can scroll through it very fast, or the
time it takes to draw the whole grid on the screen at first, etc.

Here's a couple of grids i'm testing:

MS DataGrid - Fast, no features
Infragistics UltraGrid 3.1 - Great features, slow performance
Janus GridEx - Fast, but polling datasource pegs cpu
Xceed Grid - Great designer, but slow drawing
XtraGrid - Also pretty cool but kinda slow.

So, whos got the fastest grid in the west?

Let me know.

 

[Eric Weinschenk]

What's the deal?

Anybody know where i can go for more information on this?
Is there a usenet group somewhere for "Component Source Chain" people?

Please, i really need some input here, i've gone through so many grids, and
they have all cause me so much trouble, that I just really need some input.

 

[Scott]

We have great performance using the Syncfusion grid in virtual mode.

Scott

 

[Robert Jacobson]

You can search groups.google.com for people's opinions about various grid
components.

However, you probably won't find reliable information like "GridA is 20%
faster than GridB" -- that would assume that someone has experimented with
multiple grids and benchmarked them. Your best bet is to download and test
the trial editions of the components that seem most promising.

 

[Eric Weinschenk]

That's what i'm doing.
I have a single form with 4 grids on it right now loaded with "select * from
master.dbo.sysobjects"

Their performances vary greatly.

But I was told by my boss to post to newsgroups and elicit some opinions
from seasoned pros.

Besides, i'm sure there are plenty of grid i don't even know exist yet.

so, come on, lets find the best one!!

 

[Scott]

Please share your results.

Scott