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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: joedavis on November 04, 2007, 02:13:16 PM

Title: Brand new computer, good spec, but really slow/choppy scrolling down.Why????
Post by: joedavis on November 04, 2007, 02:13:16 PM
Hi,

I bought myself a new computer with the following spec; Pent64 Dual Core 6.0Ghz 2GB/250GB & 7200TC 512MB XBlade
nVidia 7200 512MB 16XPCI-Express, DDR2 667Mhz RAM

I then installed a copy of windows xp home media edition....everything seems fine, its really fast in actually starting up, but little things like scrolling down in any program is very slow, the movement of the page down is choppy and extremely slow, something a 10 year old computer would do, i just dont understand why.....

my two hunches are that it might be either....

1) the copy of xp i installed
or
2) not a good enough graphics card....

ive also noticed even playing dvd's is quite blocky and picture quality is far from superb.


Any ideas anyone??
Title: Re: Brand new computer, good spec, but really slow/choppy scrolling down.Why????
Post by: masteromojo on November 04, 2007, 02:30:32 PM
make sure you installed all of the drivers for your vid card... thats what my computer would do if i havnt installed my vid card drivers yet.
Title: Re: Brand new computer, good spec, but really slow/choppy scrolling down.Why????
Post by: soybean on November 04, 2007, 03:00:48 PM
Double post here.  He also posted in http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,45409.0.html
Title: Re: Brand new computer, good spec, but really slow/choppy scrolling down.Why????
Post by: joedavis on November 04, 2007, 03:13:07 PM
thanks for your help, i just realised i hadnt even installed the nvidia drivers, im not that knowledgable about these sorts of things.....!

anyway, the problem is fixed now!

thanks
Title: Re: Brand new computer, good spec, but really slow/choppy scrolling down.Why????
Post by: pudco on November 04, 2007, 04:40:02 PM
Quote from: masteromojo on November 04, 2007, 02:30:32 PM
make sure you installed all of the drivers for your vid card... thats what my computer would do if i havnt installed my vid card drivers yet.

I second that.. I know for SURE that WILL cause it.. not saying it IS the problem. but I know that it will do it.  Even if they are installed try updating to the latest..