Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize

rampagingsumo · 12-11-2008, 04:34 PM

Hello, I just received my new Asus Radeon HD 4870 today, and installed the latest 8.12 drivers. Everything seems to be fine, smooth performance in games. However, when I downsize from any game such as world of warcraft or left 4 dead, it will hang for a moment before it loads my game or desktop. It does this on both downsize and upsize.

Do you guys think this may be the new drivers? Or something completely different? Anyways, any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I'm running xp sp3, 4 gigs of ram, amd 2.8ghz dual core.

rampagingsumo · 12-11-2008, 05:07 PM

I just installed the 8.11 drivers but still the same thing. I guess this isn't that big of a problem, I just want to make sure nothing is not working properly or something.

If I put WoW in windowed mode maximized I can switch between desktop / game quickly with no hang.

**magnethead** · 12-11-2008, 06:27 PM

Do not expect to get good timing going ebtween desktop and game. That's why I and many gamers have 2 displays- 1 for desktop/system monitoring, one to game on.

When alt+tabbing, the CPU and GPU work together. While i'm nore why it works in windowed mode, but a slow switch is expected. All 3 of my systems lag in alt+tabbing.

rampagingsumo · 12-11-2008, 06:32 PM

Thanks for the reply, I guess I was just mainly making sure it wasn't something wrong with my new GPU. Weird thing is though, my old 8800 gts didn't have like any delay, any idea why?

**magnethead** · 12-11-2008, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rampagingsumo

Thanks for the reply, I guess I was just mainly making sure it wasn't something wrong with my new GPU. Weird thing is though, my old 8800 gts didn't have like any delay, any idea why?

no telling.

I'll let somebody else answer...It may different configurations for all I know. Hopefulyl somebody can answer why.

rampagingsumo · 12-12-2008, 11:53 PM

My sound repeats as if I froze when I downsize / upside, i'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. Can anyone give me a guess of the reason? maybe my psu is crapping out.

I'm still really concerned about this, and just trying to make sure it's nothing wrong with my new GPU so I know if I have to send it back before my time runs out.

rampagingsumo · 12-12-2008, 11:58 PM

I also have an unknown device in my device manager if that matters, can't figure out what it is.

rampagingsumo · 12-13-2008, 11:01 AM

Ok, so I downloaded some freeware and apparently the unknown device has something to do with my ATI card, don't really know where to go from here though.

12-11-2008, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize Hello, I just received my new Asus Radeon HD 4870 today, and installed the latest 8.12 drivers. Everything seems to be fine, smooth performance in games. However, when I downsize from any game such as world of warcraft or left 4 dead, it will hang for a moment before it loads my game or desktop. It does this on both downsize and upsize. Do you guys think this may be the new drivers? Or something completely different? Anyways, any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Edit: I'm running xp sp3, 4 gigs of ram, amd 2.8ghz dual core.

12-11-2008, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize I just installed the 8.11 drivers but still the same thing. I guess this isn't that big of a problem, I just want to make sure nothing is not working properly or something. If I put WoW in windowed mode maximized I can switch between desktop / game quickly with no hang.

12-11-2008, 06:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize Do not expect to get good timing going ebtween desktop and game. That's why I and many gamers have 2 displays- 1 for desktop/system monitoring, one to game on. When alt+tabbing, the CPU and GPU work together. While i'm nore why it works in windowed mode, but a slow switch is expected. All 3 of my systems lag in alt+tabbing. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

12-11-2008, 06:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize Thanks for the reply, I guess I was just mainly making sure it wasn't something wrong with my new GPU. Weird thing is though, my old 8800 gts didn't have like any delay, any idea why?

12-12-2008, 11:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize My sound repeats as if I froze when I downsize / upside, i'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. Can anyone give me a guess of the reason? maybe my psu is crapping out. I'm still really concerned about this, and just trying to make sure it's nothing wrong with my new GPU so I know if I have to send it back before my time runs out.

12-12-2008, 11:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize I also have an unknown device in my device manager if that matters, can't figure out what it is.

12-13-2008, 11:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
rampagingsumo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 OS: Vista 64bit	Re: Radeon HD 4870 Hang on downsize/upsize Ok, so I downloaded some freeware and apparently the unknown device has something to do with my ATI card, don't really know where to go from here though.