The index doesn't say anything about actual performance but only about the
hardware capabilities. The driver determines the actual experience and
stability which (IMO) still isn't that great and I'm not even gaming with my
computer. When you are in a multi-monitor setup and are switching between
alternate outputs (like beamer or tv connected by s-vhs) as well things are
slow and buggy; screens aren't switched and drawn in the 15 seconds fallback
so the drivers restores the previous monitor configuration so you have to
try again untill it manages to get it done within 15 seconds. Also the
switching between Aero on/off (which happens automatically when running 3D
applications in full screen mode) takes forever. I've had quite thefew BSODs
as well which were traced back to the NVIDIA driver (for me the 64-bit
version).
The NVIDIA driver that got shipped in Windows Vista was a BETA driver since
NVIDIA wasn't done with their drivers yet when Vista went Gold. Just before
the consumer launch NVIDIA just removed the BETA tag from the driver
(although it seems). Still a lot has been fixed since then and it is worth
using the latest BETA release and don't bother about the currently supported
release which is basically just a BETA as well.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/vista_driver_news_030207.html
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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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David Berry said:
It doesn't say not responding. And if I click the Restore Down (top right
middle button) it restores to half screen. It only seems to happen when it
tries to go to full screen. The NVIDIA drivers are the ones that shipped
with Vista (Microsoft drivers). I'll try getting the latest drivers from
NVIDIA. It's strange that Outlook is the only program that has this
problem.
Why do you say they're a pain, and slow? My graphics sub system has the
highest Windows Experience Index (5.9 for graphics and 5.8 for gaming
graphics) of all the sub scores. Although Vista doesn't tell you what the
score range (highest possible and lowest possible) is when you look at
performance information.
Roady said:
Does the Outlook window say "Not Responding"? You might need to use Task
Manager to see it.
Redrawing issues could be caused by your graphics driver. Make sure you
are running the latest driver. NVIDIA also has a BETA driver available
which fixes some issues. Currently, BETA or not, the NVIDIA drivers are a
pain and slow on Windows Vista :-S
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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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I'm running Outlook 2003 on Vista Home Premium. Normally it works just
fine
but every so often (2 or 3 times a week) if i have Outlook Minimized and
the
try and restore it to full screen I see the outline of the program but
the
windows background through it (can't see any folders, menus etc) and it
never re-draws the UI. The only thing I can do is right-click the icon
on
the taskbar and close Outlook then reopen it. It's not a major issue -
just
annoying.
Any one have any ideas why this might be happening?
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
Office 2003 SP2 (all updates)
Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4 Ghz
4 GIG RAM
500 GIG HD
512 Meg nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Dual TV Tuner Cards
SB X-Fi
