Minimize Problem

Problem: Minimize-> restore -> game lags, game also appears to always be on low priority. This is not temporary lag, it keeps lagging until i restart the game.

I have seen quite a few posts with this problem with no solutions. Please post if have a solution and you know what you are talking about. I.e. Putting the game in windowed mode does not work and is not an acceptable solution. Also I have 2GB of Ram, that is not the problem either.

thanks to anyone who can figure this out.

What's your video card?

It is not the problem. However if you really want to know, it is Geforce go 7600.

#1: Got the latest drivers?
#2: What % of your CPU does GW use after you remaximize it and it starts lagging?
#3: Run a spyware/virusscan
#4: try uninstalling/reinstalling GW

This happens to me too, my fps drops to about 5 or 6, and can't be fixed until i restart it. I have no idea what causes it.

What are the video settings in the game set to? Maybe set them to a lower setting.

Also have you defragged the drive lately?

this also happens to me and it is because u need a new video card.

never happened to me and I have a geforce go 7600 and 2gb of ram, same as the op

Since you don't even bother to tell us what version of Windows you're running, the only answer I can give is "Don't minimize it."

I had the same problem as you, but w/ Geforce Go 7300. Updated my drivers from n http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ (Got link from guru sticky).
That fixed my problem and other problems with other games.

I requested that Evul post this question for me so that I didn't have to register an account. Seems that I still ended up having to make one anyway, so here's the answer to the questions you have asked ( and a few more that I'm surprised you have yet to ask ):

- AMD Turion 64 x2 @ 2.2 GHz
- Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (SP1)
- GeForce Go 7600, since I can play at 30+ frames unless I accidentally minimize, I do not need a new graphics card
- All drivers are up to date ( as of about two weeks ago )
- I do not have any viruses or spyware
- I defrag my computer weekly
- Doesn't matter how many times I re-install Guild Wars, it happens every time
- Video settings are set to max, this is not the problem because I can play the game comfortably at 30+ frames as long as the game does not get minimized, and even if I set them lower, I still have the same problem
- Guild Wars uses about 50% of the CPU when it is set to full screen
- I do not like window mode because the window is too small unless it is full screen
- If I make the window mode as big as the screen, the game still only gets five frames after I switch back to it from another application
- This problem only happens with Guild Wars, I do not have problems with any other game

Keep the questions coming ( or even a solution )!

EDIT: I tried updating the video drivers to the ones posted in the link above ( since they were only four days old ), but the problem is not yet solved.

By "Minimize" do you mean that you Alt + Tab? Perhaps you could try Alt + Enter, then minimizing like normal with the _ at the top right.

I saw the same thing when I just Alt Tabbed to minimize. When I returned, it was laggy, things were rubber banding all over...

If that's what you are doing already then I dunno.

You're on a laptop, could vista be telling the processor to go into reduced power mode when you minimize?

I could believe that:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_powermizer.html
With only 128Meg of VRAM, it may never be able to catch back up.

I just tried doing this, it did not work either. No matter if I alt+tab or use alt+enter to minimize the game, it still lags when I return to it.

I have the power options set to High Performance so this shouldn't be an issue, but maybe.

That makes sense, I would think that PowerMizer would know to speed back up again, but maybe it just doesn't like Guild Wars . I'll do some research on this and see if there is a way to configure it and make it work better, or if anyone else knows how to configure it, that would be helpful.

I'll let you all know how it turns out so that maybe everyone else with this problem can fix it too.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont...imizer_113.zip

Try this, it fixed a problem I had a while back, same problem different game.
What was happening was that when I minimized, windows went batshit insane with the cores and it all went pear shaped, this fixed it.

Thanks, I already have that installed though. Still doesn't fix the problem .

I still can't figure out how to disable PowerMizer, but I messed with some of the settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, still not fixed though.