Coverflow Annoyingly slow and jerky on Nvidia graphics Using vista

[crazy frog]

ok every one knows Nvidia graphics are the best even if most macs dont use them
using Windows Vista itunes works really slow and jerky
My original Specs of my PC where

• Intel pentium d 820 at 2.8ghz
• 1Gb DDR2 ram PC6400
• XFX 7300LE

1gb ddr2 ram pc6400

I then upgraded to

• E6600 core 2 duo at 2,4ghz
• Nvidia INNO3D 7900gs

Neither Of these improved the speed of coverflow
However the problem doesnt happen at all on intel graphics
also the problem doesnt happen in xp
Only in Vista

Has Any one else encountered this bug

Ps if your gonna make some stupid mac comment dont bother replying to this

 

[Eidorian]

1. Drivers
2. Vista LOL

 

[crazy frog]

1. poor development of itunes
2. crap company making itunes
3. cant program for good easy to program software ie vista

 

[Eidorian]

1. poor development of itunes
2. crap company making itunes
3. cant program for good easy to program software ie vista

I've never run iTunes on Vista so I wouldn't know it's performance on it. I agree that iTunes is poorly coded though.

Are you running Intel graphics on Vista as well?

 

[LeviG]

crazy frog - if you had done some research first you would have found that its common knowledge that the nvidia drivers on vista are absolute rubbish. It has nothing to do with itunes or apple coding as the intel drivers prove, its to do with nvidia not getting off of their behinds to get a decent set of drivers out. ATI and intel are far superior in this respect.

Oh and Vista with 1GB of ram is going to be an issue on its own anyway, Vista really need 2GB+ of ram to work cleanly.

 

[crazy frog]

Ati are poor because theyre owned by AMD and they cant program software for there hardware properly which means they get bad performance out of their gpu's
i heard a while ago that when they first brought out their DX10 gpu's the software they released gave poor performance
and ati actually stated that the next software release would give a 20% improvement in performance
Ive seen the difference first hand in games with Intel and Nvidia in games, media
playback and pure technology
And i can safely say that Nvidia are far superior to ati and intel

Vista is perfect performance wise and i havent had any performance issues
Ive read up on vista needing 2gb plus ram and its only for slower ram like ddr not ddr2 that you would need 2gb

Ive actually emailed Nvidia about the problem and they actually said the problem is Apple not developing their software properly
ie not testing on nvidia graphics

Even if apple are quick in releasing bug fixes they havent been in this case in baring in mind how long their have been beta's and rc's of vista
also i have over 200 programs installed on my pc and none of them suffer problems like apple software

 

[LeviG]

ok I'll leave you in your own little world then.

 

[Cromulent]

Ati are poor because theyre owned by AMD and they cant program software for there hardware properly which means they get bad performance out of their gpu's
i heard a while ago that when they first brought out their DX10 gpu's the software they released gave poor performance
and ati actually stated that the next software release would give a 20% improvement in performance
Ive seen the difference first hand in games with Intel and Nvidia in games, media
playback and pure technology
And i can safely say that Nvidia are far superior to ati and intel

Vista is perfect performance wise and i havent had any performance issues
Ive read up on vista needing 2gb plus ram and its only for slower ram like ddr not ddr2 that you would need 2gb

Ive actually emailed Nvidia about the problem and they actually said the problem is Apple not developing their software properly
ie not testing on nvidia graphics

Even if apple are quick in releasing bug fixes they havent been in this case in baring in mind how long their have been beta's and rc's of vista
also i have over 200 programs installed on my pc and none of them suffer problems like apple software

I have never had to revert back to a previous driver version with any of my ATI cards. But when I decided to try an Nvidia card I had to wait to hear what people said about the driver and stability before I could install it.

ATI drivers are, for the most part, rock solid. Just look at the problem Nvidia have had getting decent drivers done for the 8800GTX. That is something they have been working at for 6 months+ and they are still having problems.

 

[crazy frog]

20% improvement just down to drivers is alot especially when its an expensive card from ati

any way the whole point of starting this thread was to ask if ANYONE HAD ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM

ON VISTA

WITH NVIDIA GRAPHICS

 

[LeviG]

20% improvement just down to drivers is alot especially when its an expensive card from ati

any way the whole point of starting this thread was to ask if ANYONE HAD ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM

ON VISTA

WITH NVIDIA GRAPHICS

as it appears coverflow utilises direct x then the likely hood is yes.

 

[crazy frog]

plz im asking if any one has actually experienced the problem first hand
if u havent or you cant give me a reference to someone who has Dont bother pointing out the obvious

 

[insitemotion]

I have experienced this as well

I have experienced the slow performance of cover flow with Vista and a Nvidia 8600 GT. It's very annoying. I have tested my computer with an ATI x1300 Pro (everything else the same specs) and performance is perfect. The ATI card is much slower so speed shouldn't be issue. I'm doing more research into this and will post my findings if I find a fix.

 

[l'homme]

i'm using a windoze vista box, with ATI xt graphics, no problems at all with coverflow