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    Nvidia performance controls/settings

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Duchesne, Nov 9, 2007.

  1. Duchesne

    Duchesne Notebook Geek

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    I have a 8400m GS card, and after 2 months I have finally figured out (or close to) what has been causing my slow graphic display. In short the problem is that a lot of vista actions are choppy and slow (minimizing, scrolling, moving windows, etc.). However, I have discovered that opening a picture (any picture) fixes all this choppiness immeadiately for a certain time duration (~1 minute). If I keep the picture displayed, the choppiness never returns, but if I minimize the picture, after a brief period of time the choppiness comes back and I must view the picture again.

    It seems that the video card uses different settings when it believes high performance is not needed. Does anyone know how and what setting I must change so that I do not need to constantly open picture files to have a smooth runnning computer. I have the 163.69 driver (And have tried others).

    Thanks.
     
    Duchesne, Nov 9, 2007
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  2. Harleyquin07

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    Look up www.tweakguides.com and their guide on Nvidia control panel tweaks. The guide is detailed and should have something to help you with the stutter problem.
     
    Harleyquin07, Nov 9, 2007
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