minimizing/maximizing windows temporarily freezes other apps

[fluxquantum]

hi everyone,

i've taken all the necessary steps to ensure a trouble free windows environment. i've installed the amd driver, optimizer, xp patch, etc.

the problem is that when i have multiple tasks running in the background and i'm maximizing and minimizing windows, applications like windows media player, quicktime, or anything that produces video will temporarily freeze. i even went in the BIOS and reset everything back to non-overclocked settings. the results are the same. i even uninstalled drivers and reinstalled windows. somehow minimizing/maximizing takes precedence over other tasks. is there a setting that i need to tweak?

please assist. thanks in advance.

 

[fluxquantum]

does anyone have some advice?

 

[biostud]

lower your overclock on the CPU

 

[fluxquantum]

Originally posted by: biostud
lower your overclock on the CPU

thanks for your response. as stated above, i returned everything back to default settings and the problem still persists. i also checked for any irq conflicts but my sound card, video card, and nic all have their own irq's.

 

[Seekermeister]

Try unselecting the Nvidia option to make Windows minimize and maximize faster.

 

[fluxquantum]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
Try unselecting the Nvidia option to make Windows minimize and maximize faster.

thanks for the tip. as soon as i get home i will try this. i was also thinking it could be related to video drivers. i recall a while back when this was not an issue. i did revert back to older drivers but this didn't seem to fix the problem. i'll go ahead and perform the tweak as you suggested.