"uour computer is performing slow, turn off aero or colour scheme" is this overclock related or anyt

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 10:45

It says its performing slow but its at the 4.2ghz i set when playing games and drops to 4.1ghz when idle because i have power saving on, so what's the message about? :/

Many thanks in advance

nutsnut · 14 Sep 2013 at 11:16

This is normally caused by your GPU running out of Vram.

What GPU do you have and what games are you playing?

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 11:32

nutsnut said:
This is normally caused by your GPU running out of Vram.

What GPU do you have and what games are you playing?

MSI gtx 760 2gb, i was playing splinter cell: blacklist at the time on ultra 1080p, ran fine, but first time iv had message, knock it down to 720p?

Thanks for the reply

Jumper118 · 14 Sep 2013 at 12:59

caveman OCUK said:
MSI gtx 760 2gb, i was playing splinter cell: blacklist at the time on ultra 1080p, ran fine, but first time iv had message, knock it down to 720p?

Thanks for the reply

Try high at 1080 rather than ultra at 720p, it will look better than 720p and nearly as good as it does at ultra in 1080p and use a bit less vram.

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 13:33

Jumper118 said:
Try high at 1080 rather than ultra at 720p, it will look better than 720p and nearly as good as it does at ultra in 1080p and use a bit less vram.

Thanks for the reply, so this is definatly my computer just saying the card isn't upto what im doing? Not cpu related?

it doesn't do it on guild wars 2 but guild wars 2 isn't as demanding gpu game.

Something Else · 14 Sep 2013 at 13:50

I used to get this on certain games, its just windows having a hissy fit.

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 14:27

Something Else said:
I used to get this on certain games, its just windows having a hissy fit.

I thought it was, just windows being fussy, so its fine, just ignore it?

Thanks for reply

CaNsA · 14 Sep 2013 at 14:32

Something Else said:
I used to get this on certain games, its just windows having a hissy fit.

IIRC the only way to prevent it from popping up is to Disable Visual Themes in the compatibility tab of the prog you are running that causes the message to popup.

Ball ache :/

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 14:51

CaNsA said:
IIRC the only way to prevent it from popping up is to Disable Visual Themes in the compatibility tab of the prog you are running that causes the message to popup.

Ball ache :/

That does sound it :/

Something Else · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:07

I only got it when I first built the pc, hasnt done it in ages

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:25

Something Else said:
I only got it when I first built the pc, hasn't done it in ages

I haven't got it again since, ill just ignore it next time unless something seems up

pob9 · 14 Sep 2013 at 17:24

are you running 2 monitors? disable aero should stop it.

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 17:37

pob9 said:
are you running 2 monitors? disable aero should stop it.

Just running one tv as a monitor

Rroff · 14 Sep 2013 at 17:40

Take a look at disabling WinSAT - sometimes (tho its usually only something like 2am on a Sunday) it will do a performance test if it thinks the PC is idle - sometimes it gets it wrong and conflicts with a foreground application causing that message to appear.

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:28

Rroff said:
Take a look at disabling WinSAT - sometimes (tho its usually only something like 2am on a Sunday) it will do a performance test if it thinks the PC is idle - sometimes it gets it wrong and conflicts with a foreground application causing that message to appear.

Ok ill have a look into it, thanks for the reply

Random Guy · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:30

I normally interpret it as Windows being a whiny so-and-so. It never affects any game I am playing.

caveman OCUK · 14 Sep 2013 at 19:51

Random Guy said:
I normally interpret it as Windows being a whiny so-and-so. It never affects any game I am playing.

That's what i thought because nothing was frame lagging or glitching or anything :/ just freaked me out because its my first build and first overclock (cpu only)

JonSmith · 14 Sep 2013 at 23:17

It happens if your VRAM starts getting low. Aero by itself can use 250MB of your VRAM so if you're getting close to the ceiling then Windows will disable it. In some modern games it is possible to use up 2GB of VRAM on maximum settings.

Tonester0011 · 15 Sep 2013 at 00:06

My computer tells me this regardless of settings/game/GPU i'm using lol, ignore it. If you do for some strange reason run out of VRAM turn it off, will free up about 200-300mb.

caveman OCUK · 15 Sep 2013 at 12:15

JonSmith said:
It happens if your VRAM starts getting low. Aero by itself can use 250MB of your VRAM so if you're getting close to the ceiling then Windows will disable it. In some modern games it is possible to use up 2GB of VRAM on maximum settings.

Thanks, windows didn't disable it, it just asked me if i wanted to, i might stick to 720p with most games then, because i personally can only see a slight improvement from the upgrade to 1080p, textures look a bit sharper that's all.