Windowed CS:Source laggy when not in focus

allllec · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:16

Strange problem,

On vista i never had a problem playing counter strike source windowed, but for some reason on XP if source looses focus or say WMP changes track and that lil window thing pops up i get like 1fps until it goes away. Very frustrating.

Any ideas?

Ati card with the latest drivers.

ta

alec

Lethal` · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:25

Same I never found a fix for it, just got used to full screen

WotDa · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:33

Do you have alternate pixel centre on?

I get the same problem when playing EVE, when a balloon tip pops up I wave goodbye to my FPS. When alternate pixel centre is off it doesn't do it.

allllec · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:44

stopsign104 said:
Same I never found a fix for it, just got used to full screen

Urgh, I really hope there is a fix, can't stand CSS fullscreen. Tabbing out too often

WotDa said:
Do you have alternate pixel centre on?

I get the same problem when playing EVE, when a balloon tip pops up I wave goodbye to my FPS. When alternate pixel centre is off it doesn't do it.

It's off

got me all excited then!

WotDa · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:50

allllec said:
It's off got me all excited then!

Try it 'on' too. If you run something full screen it seems to forget the setting. :/

allllec · 16 Feb 2008 at 19:52

Hasn't helped. Fiddled with all the CCC 3d settings, all the source ingame graphics settings

Really frustraighting.

thanks anyway mind!

allllec · 16 Feb 2008 at 20:05

I take that back, turning AA and AF to off/biliner stopped it. But looks a bit naff now, even "forcing" them back on with CCC dosent appear to actually work

Until i get a new vista dvd i'll just have to live with it i suppose!

Lethal` · 16 Feb 2008 at 20:23

Just read your first post more clearly lol. I actually had the problem the other way round XP was fine Vista is not

WotDa · 16 Feb 2008 at 21:02

allllec said:
But looks a bit naff now, even "forcing" them back on with CCC dosent appear to actually work

Aye, same problem for me with EVE, hence the use of alternated pixel centres.

I'm actually quite disappointed with CCC tbh, seems really quite crap.

swinnie · 16 Feb 2008 at 21:15

allllec said:
Strange problem,

On vista i never had a problem playing counter strike source windowed, but for some reason on XP if source looses focus or say WMP changes track and that lil window thing pops up i get like 1fps until it goes away. Very frustrating.

Any ideas?

Ati card with the latest drivers.

ta

alec

I think there may be something inside of the TweakUI PowerToy for XP that stops programs stealing focus.

allllec · 16 Feb 2008 at 21:19

swinnie said:
I think there may be something inside of the TweakUI PowerToy for XP that stops programs stealing focus.

Good call, although not ideal because I often WANT to switch to something else... meh ill give it a go see how if it helps

ta