The Voice
Honorary Master
Bastard forum logged me out while I was posting a wall of text, so I have to start all over again...
TL;DR version:
It takes 3-4 seconds to render the desktop when I ALT-TAB, and another 3-4 seconds to go back into any game running in fullscreen mode. This happened after I reinstalled Windows 10 after I suddenly started getting a lot of BSOD's when playing PUBG: missing/corrupt *.sys files, driver issues, etc. Prior to reinstalling Windows, ALT-TABing was instant, and I'd like to go back to it being that way.
Tried to find an answer on the interwebz, and apparently this is common issue in Windows 10 (especially in 1079). The below are the suggestions I've tried (that appear to have worked for some, and not for others):
- remove GameDVR (in Windows and the registry)
- uninstall GeForce Experience
- roll back BIOS to older version
- reinstall drivers
- roll back drivers to older versions
- play around with GPU scaling
- set up custom resolutions and refresh rates (when I first built my PC, it automatically detected and installed the drivers for my Dell U2415 monitor. After this reinstallation, it only detected a Generic PNP monitor. I had to manually install the 3-year old drivers from Dell). It seems to force it to 59hz. Apparently, this isn't a problem, as 60hz is actually 59.9xhz. Still a bit concerned though as Windows detects 59hz while nVidia Control Panel detects 60hz?
- remove new 8GB RAM kit (detected hardware errors when I ran a memcheck, but they went away after I reinstalled Windows...)
- Tried different games/apps in fullscreen
- Changed pagefile size, and moved it from C: to D:
- May have missed something (I've tried so many things already...)
Another suggestion was just using borderless windowed mode instead. This isn't an option for me. Unless you have something open on the desktop, you can't actually ALT-TAB to it then. Also, apparently your system takes a bit of a performance hit? And I've always run all my games on fullscreen anyway, so don't really want to have to change that (especially considering it was fine before).
System Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500x (stock clocks)
RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR4 3000mhz
SSD: 250GB Samsung 850 Evo
Mobo: GA-AB350-Gaming 3
GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1070
Monitor: Dell U2415 (1920x1200 16:10) - DP connection
OS: Windows 10 (1709: Fall Creator's Update)
I'm really hoping someone here knows which direction to point me in to resolve this annoying "issue". I don't think my system is half-bad, and it used to be able to ALT-TAB instantly.
TL;DR version:
It takes 3-4 seconds to render the desktop when I ALT-TAB, and another 3-4 seconds to go back into any game running in fullscreen mode. This happened after I reinstalled Windows 10 after I suddenly started getting a lot of BSOD's when playing PUBG: missing/corrupt *.sys files, driver issues, etc. Prior to reinstalling Windows, ALT-TABing was instant, and I'd like to go back to it being that way.
Tried to find an answer on the interwebz, and apparently this is common issue in Windows 10 (especially in 1079). The below are the suggestions I've tried (that appear to have worked for some, and not for others):
- remove GameDVR (in Windows and the registry)
- uninstall GeForce Experience
- roll back BIOS to older version
- reinstall drivers
- roll back drivers to older versions
- play around with GPU scaling
- set up custom resolutions and refresh rates (when I first built my PC, it automatically detected and installed the drivers for my Dell U2415 monitor. After this reinstallation, it only detected a Generic PNP monitor. I had to manually install the 3-year old drivers from Dell). It seems to force it to 59hz. Apparently, this isn't a problem, as 60hz is actually 59.9xhz. Still a bit concerned though as Windows detects 59hz while nVidia Control Panel detects 60hz?
- remove new 8GB RAM kit (detected hardware errors when I ran a memcheck, but they went away after I reinstalled Windows...)
- Tried different games/apps in fullscreen
- Changed pagefile size, and moved it from C: to D:
- May have missed something (I've tried so many things already...)
Another suggestion was just using borderless windowed mode instead. This isn't an option for me. Unless you have something open on the desktop, you can't actually ALT-TAB to it then. Also, apparently your system takes a bit of a performance hit? And I've always run all my games on fullscreen anyway, so don't really want to have to change that (especially considering it was fine before).
System Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500x (stock clocks)
RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR4 3000mhz
SSD: 250GB Samsung 850 Evo
Mobo: GA-AB350-Gaming 3
GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1070
Monitor: Dell U2415 (1920x1200 16:10) - DP connection
OS: Windows 10 (1709: Fall Creator's Update)
I'm really hoping someone here knows which direction to point me in to resolve this annoying "issue". I don't think my system is half-bad, and it used to be able to ALT-TAB instantly.
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