Question

Are there any products that will decrease c++ build times? that can be used with msvc?

Answer 1

If it has to be a product, look at Xoreax IncrediBuild, which distributes the build to machines on the network.

Other than that:

• solid build machines. RAM as it fits, use fast separate disks.
• Splitting into separate projects (DLLs, Libraries). They can build in parallel, too (use dual quad/core, and is easily bottlenecked by disk)
• Intelligent use of headers, including precompiled headers. That’s not easy, and often there are other stakeholders. PIMPL helps, too.