rahba

I'm having an odd albeit minor problem with my x800xtpe refurb. After running pretty much any game my desktop image is slow to redraw after quitting. But I don't just mean immediately after quitting, I mean anytime it has to load that desktop image again. So if I minimize all my windows that you can visibly see the desktop image slowly loading onto the screen from bottom to top. If I change the desktop background, or reload the current one the problem goes away. Anyone else have this problem?

Using 5.8s, haven't tried it with any other version. Was previously using a 9800pro with the 5.6s, no problems with that.

IvanV

It sounds like you are low on RAM and the desktop image is being loaded from the hdd, so check memory usage just before you do Alt-Tab.

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MIG-31

Windows xp does have a problem like that in some respect..... mainly if you are low on system memory..

Xp requires a min of 256mb (usable min) although it can still run on 128mb but many apps are not loaded.

How much memory do you actually have installed.

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rahba

1 gig of memory. It's definitely not a windows problem, that's why I mentioned my previous video card. My previous card had less vram too, 128 instead of 256.

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Also note that I'm not alt-tabbing from the game. This is after I've quit the game. There is tons of memory free. Once I'm back in windows I can open any window (explorer, firefox, notepad, solitaire, anything) maximize it, and minimize it (or close it) and see the redraw. And I can maximize and minimize it as many times as I want and still see the redraw. It's like it's never being cached in memory.

If it was a lack of free memory why would changing the desktop image to similar sized bmp make a difference?