windows slow to open, fading menus delayed...

[TaylorD]

I have a shuttle st61g4, with built in radeon 9100... I was using that at first and it seemes fine. then I had a radeon 9800 which was just too hot... so now i am back to the built in 9100 and I am noticing a lag on the computer in terms of the menus fading in and such... also webpages seem to load (on screen) with like a top-down wipe... it is very strange.

is this a product of the crappy video card? I can only assume so, but I dont remember it being like this before I installed/removed the 9800.

Thanks
-TD

 

[RussianSensation]

to speed up the menus use Tweak #72 in the first guide i provided (99 tweaks)

Beginners Guides: 99 Performance Tips for Windows XP

Also you can use this guide and the one below to do other tweaks if they are of interest to you.

Additional 101 XP Tweaks

In terms of webpages, it could be your internet is slower now? check bandwidth speed. (type dsl bandwith test in yahoo.com and just test your speed)

I doubt your videocard could affect your web browser surfing speed...hmm...

 

[Schadenfroh]

check your machine for spyware, see my sig, go thru the removal guide.

 

[TaylorD]

Thanks for the suggestions, but no luck.

There's no spyware, and the start menu delay setting does not help the lag that I am experiencing.

 

[PliotronX]

Sounds like SmartGART is screwing with the AGP features. First check the advanced features by hitting Winkey+R and punching in "smartgart" and see if everything is enabled. Then click the button to go to the SG tab that's in the disaply properties (basic AGP settings). If transfer rate is 4X or 8X... I don't know what to do after that but wish you luck.

 

[Acanthus]

The Radeon 9100 isnt the problem.

Even a 32MB Geforce 2MX 200 can handle all the 2d in windows.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Sounds like XP is rendering in software mode.

Run DXDIAG.EXE, see if hardware acceleration is enabled for 2D and 3D. Also check your level of video-acceration. Perhaps when you upgraded to the 9800, the video-acceleration level on the 9100 was set way down by the OS, because it was supposed to be a secondary display. Now that it is the primary again, you may need to set it back up.

 

[TaylorD]

windows cannot find "smartgart"


and in dxdiag.exe, there is nom direct3d support...

 

[RussianSensation]

did you try to uninstall and reinstall the drivers?

Run 3dmark01 and see if you get 6000-7000 points, if not, something is wrong.

 

[TaylorD]

had to uninstall drivers then uninstall all the ATI software, then reinstall drivers, seems to work fine now...

thanks for everyones help