what has caused 2D graphics to go very very slow

[John Perry]

I am using an AMD 64 4200+ with an NVidia 7600GS 512MB graphics card.
PC has 2GB RAM.

All of a sudden the graphics have gone slow. I have used Performance
Test 6, and 3D graphics benchmarks have fallen by a third.

But worst is the Graphics 2D GUI benchmark that has fallen from 162 to
4.7 !!!! and it feels slow as the screen takes ages to render.

Any idea what could be wrong please? I have uninstalled the NVidia
drivers, and then reloaded the latest ones, but they have no effect. I
am running at 1600x1200, but even with the NVidia drivers not
installed, 2D performance was still very very slow.

Thanks

 

[John Perry]

I am using an AMD 64 4200+ with an NVidia 7600GS 512MB graphics card.
PC has 2GB RAM.

All of a sudden the graphics have gone slow. I have used Performance
Test 6, and 3D graphics benchmarks have fallen by a third.

But worst is the Graphics 2D GUI benchmark that has fallen from 162 to
4.7 !!!! and it feels slow as the screen takes ages to render.

Any idea what could be wrong please? I have uninstalled the NVidia
drivers, and then reloaded the latest ones, but they have no effect. I
am running at 1600x1200, but even with the NVidia drivers not
installed, 2D performance was still very very slow.

Problem fixed - it was caused by the Zidd Davis Title Bar Add on
program. After I disabled it, computer starte behaving normally again
.