I keep seeing a decline in Aero desktop performance since switching from Photoshop CS2 to CS5 64bit and Firefox 3 to Firefox 4. I know both programs use Direct 2D to help render the windows contents faster on the screen on top of vista using the GPU to render everything on the screen.
I get several Vista warning messages per day when my video driver crashes. Switching and opening windows in Photoshop is slow and even just using Firefox 4 sometimes causes my video driver to crash.
I'm wondering if I need to replace my video card for a better one or if I can make some settings changes to help improve performance. I don't play any games on the machine only work so I think the specs are adequate for what I do but maybe with all these programs using Direct 2D I need a better card.
My system specs are:
Vista 64
Core 2 Duo 3ghz
8gb ram
GeForce gt 240 (stock clock settings)
- 512mb vram
- driver ver: 258.96
30" cinema display
I opened the nv monitor and just typing out this post my GPU temp is 158F I'm not sure if that high or not.
If the card is the culprit any recommendations on something that will make the desktop windows render as fast as f**ing possible? I cant take this lag anymore.
I get several Vista warning messages per day when my video driver crashes. Switching and opening windows in Photoshop is slow and even just using Firefox 4 sometimes causes my video driver to crash.
I'm wondering if I need to replace my video card for a better one or if I can make some settings changes to help improve performance. I don't play any games on the machine only work so I think the specs are adequate for what I do but maybe with all these programs using Direct 2D I need a better card.
My system specs are:
Vista 64
Core 2 Duo 3ghz
8gb ram
GeForce gt 240 (stock clock settings)
- 512mb vram
- driver ver: 258.96
30" cinema display
I opened the nv monitor and just typing out this post my GPU temp is 158F I'm not sure if that high or not.
If the card is the culprit any recommendations on something that will make the desktop windows render as fast as f**ing possible? I cant take this lag anymore.