M1730 Weird 8700 Video Card Issue

So,

I've had this M1730 for a while now and I am a programmer.

I have noticed that some code that uses directx (opengl doesn't seem to have the issue, but I have not tested it extensively so it might just be a coincident) it seems to freeze on startup and hangs the machine to the point where the cursor won't move and that lasts for a good amount of time, maybe 20 seconds.

The odd thing though, is that when the game is running, it runs fine... even in Windowed mode. Except if I click another window outside the game, like I select the task manager window and then my machine hangs again for a while then I basically have to close the game, which takes a long time to close while my machine is hung and if I let it sit, it will eventually close and come back.

This is a huge pain for me.

I have tried it in SLI mode (my pc specs are at the bottom), in Single mode, I searched online and some suggest it might be a video card issue, has anyone here with M1730 or similar machines experienced the same thing?

Replacing the video card would suck, as I might as well just buy an M17x.

Any thoughts??!?
Thanks

Jeff
M1730 x9000
4 GB DDR2 800mhz
8700M GT SLI
512GB 7200 RPM
Windows Vista ult.

 

Make sure you have the current DX Runtime installed:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en

Might also look into updating the display driver if not on a current version.

 

If I had money, I would definetly go for M17x