DX10/11 slow to minimize/maximize games

[Maximilian]

Anyone else get this?

Different games seem to behave differently when alt+tab is used to minimize them, some don't minimize at all and just sort of sit there in the background but they are no longer in focus, the windows taskbar gets focus. With others the screen goes black for 4-5 seconds and then the game is minimized, same deal to maximize, a 4-5 second black screen wait. Company of heros 1 does this when the DX10 effects are enabled (ultra is DX10), but its instant to alt+tab when DX9 is used.

Is this an AMD thing or... ? I dont remember it years ago on my 8600GT, only after I went to a 5850 did it become a thing, but to be fair only after I went to my 5850 did DX10/11 really take off. So I dont really know if the blame lies with the game, the graphics card or just a DX10/11 quirk :\

Im on windows 8.1 x64 with an R9 280X in case its relevant. But I remember this kind of crap happening all the way back to vista x64.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Pretty sure that this is mostly due to the VM system, your RAM, and OS drive.

 

[escrow4]

Why minimize? Games are not built to be switched in and out of focus especially fat old AAA titles. Play then quit. Or am I missing something.

 

[kasakka]

It varies from game to game. Some run in borderless fullscreen which is quick to alt+tab, some are quick to alt+tab even when they run in "proper" exclusive fullscreen mode.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Are you using a swap file? Try disable it if you do and test.