Slow down on windows over icons!

Thomss · 25 Feb 2006 at 15:27

Hi guys,

I wonder if you can help with this strange problem…
I’ve posted on a few forums but without luck so far.
I know there are some very clued up peeps on here so here goes.

Any window, IE the window you get from double clicking my computer or a program such as winamp or a web browser window etc, If you hover the window over any desktop Icon (Mainly using PNG’s)
From Avedesk and Object dock free edition, it drags and looks like it drops to about 3 FPS with lots of tearing. As soon as you’re of the icons it’s back to normal with no jerkiness or anything just moving the window around on the desktop screen picture not actually over a icon of any kind. :confused:

Now this makes things that are full screen open and close really slowly as when you maximise them they naturally go on top of the icon, which in return slows the window down.

This is rather difficult to explain but hopefully somebody will understand what I am trying to get across.
:eek:

Thanks for any help on this one.

Thomas

Thomss · 25 Feb 2006 at 16:44

You also may want to know, I have a setup here at work which is using an GFX nVidia card and it's not doing it on that system. Do ATI have some kind of re-draw problem at all?

Thomss · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:08

Is there a program I can make videos of me moving stuff around my desktop to show you guys?

BigBoy · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:14

sounds like the comp is having trouble redrawing the screen when the window is moved. I have only expreiance this on comps with 256mb of ram and under especialy running avedesk and OD. as they need more room to breath than explorer does.

Thomss · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:31

1024 dual chan OCZ Ram in my shuttle and system is taken really good care of.
Not much stuff installed on it and I'm very carefull of what goes on there.

basmic · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:33

Does the machine play games okay, or are they jerky too?

I can't help wondering if the graphic-card is overheating.

Thomss · 25 Feb 2006 at 18:41

Games are fine. I can play CS & CSS Need for speed most wanted etc...for as long as I like no crashes no problems runs great. Thanks!

BigBoy · 26 Feb 2006 at 09:11

Still sounds like a redraw issue have you looked at the Avedesk forums to see if anyone elce is having the same problem?

Thomss · 27 Feb 2006 at 13:46

No, not not been there I'll do that now. It is the same on Object dock it seems anything icon or PNG related. Which is a bit odd... I wonder if it's a driver bug on the last few versions from ATI Cat's and Omega.

Thomss · 28 Feb 2006 at 01:03

Hmm installed the latest drivers from Omega. playing about it seems when I my desktop wall paper to "none" the problem goes away... When I put a wall paper on, even some of the default Microsoft ones the problem comes back.
Any idea's?

Thomas

Thomss · 28 Feb 2006 at 23:07

*Bumb* Anybody know what this could be at all? Thanks

BigBoy · 1 Mar 2006 at 08:40

It sounds more like an AVedesk and OD problems that a windows / driver problems have you tryed posting this problem on there forums, as i have no more idead what could eb causing it.