Still studdering with system tray activity
I am running the Cat3.4 on a 9700 non-pro. Haven't done the 3.5 upgrade yet. I know ATI claimed to have fixed all the studdering issues they had, but it is my claim that they have not. Any blinking in the system tray causes still causes studdering in games (eg., if I receive an instant message during game play). Anyone else have this problem? Any change that it is fixed in 3.5? -- My email address is BillG at Royal dot Org |
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I strongly suggest stuttering is due to background programs you have
running, IM progs included. rms |
"DrWho" wrote in message ... I am running the Cat3.4 on a 9700 non-pro. Haven't done the 3.5 upgrade yet. I know ATI claimed to have fixed all the studdering issues they had, but it is my claim that they have not. Any blinking in the system tray causes still causes studdering in games (eg., if I receive an instant message during game play). I hate to point out the obvious, but why don't you just shut down all that buggy IM crap while playing games? How tough is that? A mile-long systray is a perfect recipe for lack of system performance. Especially if RealAnything is running tin the background. They're too busy mining all your personal info to care about your reduced system performance... Anyone else have this problem? Any change that it is fixed in 3.5? I don't have these problems at all... |
"DrWho" wrote in message ... Dave said... I hate to point out the obvious, but why don't you just shut down all that buggy IM crap while playing games? How tough is that? A mile-long systray is a perfect recipe for lack of system performance. Especially if RealAnything is running tin the background. They're too busy mining all your personal info to care about your reduced system performance... Of course. If I kill every other app during games, that solves the studdering problem. But why should I have to? I dunno, because it will release memory and other system resources to then be available to run the game at full speed? A lean OS is a mean OS. I recommend not having all that junk load on startup, then use it as needed, then close the app when you don't need it. Hey, why should you have to? Bottom line: because things sometimes don't work properly if you don't. My GeForce4 card did not have this problem. Same machine, same OS. So switch back if it bothers you all that much to have to kill a few apps... The studdering occurs ONLY when a one of the icons in the system tray becomes animated. Just having the programs running does NOT cause the studdering - ONLY animation of one of the icons does it. This is obviously a driver problem. ATI has even admitted to the "studdering" problem in their forums. Yep, it's a known driver bug alright. Doesn't bother me any because I have no use for IM proggies. You could submit a report to the Catalyst Crew and see if any solutions are forthcoming. I have not tried the 3.5 Cats yet. But ATI claimed to have fixed this issue with the 3.4 cats. You could try 3.5 and see, perhaps? At any rate, you should fully uninstall the previous drivers before changing them, making sure your display adaptor is listed as "standard VGA" etc. (or roll the video drivers back to day one first boot), then installing the new ones. Least one can do, really... |
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