help

[kevinf]

for some reason after playing half life 2, the maximize and minimize animation all lag a lot. this only happens after playing the game, any ideas. i don't really feel like posting specs, but hte msot important is that i have a 9250 it worked well before so i know that the graphic card is capable of doin gthis

[kevinf]

still no one?

[Jaggannath]

You've done all the virus and spyware scans and checked their website for any patches??

[kevinf]

i even reinstall xp. i think most my games do that except for guildwars. could it be a motherboard, i don't want it to be the motherboard becuase its pretty new

[TwoRails]

Does it go away after using Windows for a short while?

[kevinf]

i don't think so

[TwoRails]

What I was getting at is that after gameplay with "big" games like HL2 and DooM, things slow down for me, too, afterwards; that is until memory gets cleared and the swap file gets updated which doesn't take too long. Like if I open Windows Explorer after gameplay, it'll sit there for a while, while the drives and directories get (re)loaded up. After that, though, it will pop up at regular speed.

[kevinf]

is it the video card, i am planning on getting a pci-e one soon, i just hope its not the motherbaord

[kevinf]

so what could be the problem

[TwoRails]

Don't really have much new, kevinf... I take it you updated all your drivers and such, eh?

Anybody else have any ideas??

[kevinf]

ya i think hte latest drivers are causing the problem. becuase before i build the pc the driver was not this one it was a step lower then this i think, but could you jsut tell me what you htink is the problem, video card or motherboard

[ktkendall]

vid card or ram.

[kevinf]

so motherboard is out of the question? and how can you tell that the ram is causing this

[ktkendall]

Just my educated guess, can not tell anything for sure without actual troubleshooting steps on the actual machine. My guesses are just where i would begin my troubleshooting steps.