Vista Tutorial - Long blackouts / screen freezing while starting a game or minimizing it.

Okay, so on almost EVERY game I play, when I start it up, black screen, (Which isnt that much of a problem, i mean starting a game can take a long time.) and I enjoy it. I need to do something, check something, or do anything non game wise, I have to minimize. Well, here is where I get frustrated. I alt+tab, alt+delete, anything, even open up task manager, I get either a black screen, or a frozen screen (depending on the game) for about 30 seconds. Nothing I can do. After it is done pissing me off, my computer goes to desktop, or whatever, and then its fine. I go back to the game? Another freeze. I am running a Vista Home Premium x64 dell computer, with intel quad core, and nVidia Geforce 9800 GTX+ graphics card. (Im not exactly sure on how to fill out specs, so feel free to ask for anything you might need to know) Help would be great, I've been able to deal with this issue for a while but now its just unbearable.

:X No one knows the answer to this?

This makes me sadface.

Hello Harthirn,

How much memory do you have ?, and what model Dell is it.

And what video card ? Some games require a minimum video card.

I was once able to play Everquest, 4 years ago, using a 32 megabyte ATI card, but now it takes 128 megs or better video card to play.

JimJoe, his card is a nVidia Geforce 9800 GTX+, (im glad im not the only one to do that). lol.

Ah, yeah, missed that part.

YEP, we all do it now and again,

I have 4 gigs of ram :X Not sure what type of dell, but judging from the shiny labels on the tower its a Dell Studio (intel quad core)

Hello Harthirn,
Are you running Windows dreamscene as a desktop back ground ?, follow the link below and update your graphics card drivers, (un-install old one before installing new ones), give that a go and post your results. Good luck.


Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers