Aero Lag on good system!

Mic43 · 25 Aug 2009

Hi there!
I have recently updated my OS from Vista to Windows Professional RTM x64. I have very annoying problem with Aero on my system. Aero interface in Seven is really laggy - this includes showing/hiding taskbar, menus fading , even moving windows around and sometimes using scrollbars. It looks like a FPS drops in animation. On Vista everything was OK, same as when disabling Aero theme.
I googled a lot for this problem, and i am not alone with it, but nobody can solve this issue. My graphics is RADEON 4870 i am using latest Catalyst 9.8 drivers. I have tried to revert to default windows drivers, but problem still occures.
Please help!

Tews · 25 Aug 2009

Please fill out your system specs so we know what we're working with...

zigzag3143 · 25 Aug 2009

Mic43

There is several ways to change the way aero re-acts. We need to know abt your sys specs, Os clean or upgrade

Ken

smarteyeball · 25 Aug 2009

Mic43 said:

Hi there!
I have recently updated my OS from Vista to Windows Professional RTM x64. I have very annoying problem with Aero on my system. Aero interface in Seven is really laggy - this includes showing/hiding taskbar, menus fading , even moving windows around and sometimes using scrollbars. It looks like a FPS drops in animation. On Vista everything was OK, same as when disabling Aero theme.
I googled a lot for this problem, and i am not alone with it, but nobody can solve this issue. My graphics is RADEON 4870 i am using latest Catalyst 9.8 drivers. I have tried to revert to default windows drivers, but problem still occures.
Please help!

Normally when this happens to me, a restart is all that is needed and it fixes itself

Mic43 · 26 Aug 2009

Than You all for answers! I filled my specs! OS is clean, not an upgrade.

Mic43 · 26 Aug 2009

smarteyeball said:

Normally when this happens to me, a restart is all that is needed and it fixes itself

But it happens to me everytime, after booting system, so a restart is not a good idea:)

Lee · 26 Aug 2009

Looked at your specs, and it would seem that your problem just might be, you do not have enough ram. You are running a x64 OS, and yes I realize there are some that will say 2 gigs of ram is enough, however, I learned the hard way, and that was I had the same problems you are having. Not saying it is going to help you, albeit it was just the medicine for my system. :)

Oh, Welcome To The Forums.

Tews · 26 Aug 2009

+1 Lee!

Mic43 · 26 Aug 2009

Lee said:

Looked at your specs, and it would seem that your problem just might be, you do not have enough ram. You are running a x64 OS, and yes I realize there are some that will say 2 gigs of ram is enough, however, I learned the hard way, and that was I had the same problems you are having. Not saying it is going to help you, albeit it was just the medicine for my system. :)

Oh, Welcome To The Forums.

Sorry but i think it is impossible that it can help. How amount of RAM can speed up rendering process done by GPU? System has a lot of free RAM after boot. So even if i have 4 gigs od RAM, problem would still occure when i load more programs into memory. That is impossible i think:) But than You for answer.

Victek · 26 Aug 2009

Mic43 said:

Sorry but i think it is impossible that it can help. How amount of RAM can speed up rendering process done by GPU? System has a lot of free RAM after boot. So even if i have 4 gigs od RAM, problem would still occure when i load more programs into memory. That is impossible i think:) But thank You for answer.

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Something worth checking is disk access and CPU load while you're experiencing the slow GUI performance (open the task manager performance tab). If there is a lot of disk accessing and high CPU load it could cause the poor performance in spite of the strong GPU. That's why adding ram could help. 2 gb is on the low side, especially for x64 IMHO.