Installed Windows 8 now games minimize extremely slow

[Toastslave]

So I installed windows 8 because I was having some issues, I would have just reinstalled windows 7 but I lost the disk. But now whenever I minimize a game like WoW or BF4 it takes 10x longer to do it than it did with windows 7, ill press minimize and it will stick on a black screen for abit, anybody know a fix for this problem?

 

[Badbonji]

Could you list your setup? May help narrow down what is responsible.

I'd also check the CPU, RAM and HDD usage whilst you minimize, see if you notice a spike in activity on one of these.

Other than that, I would place the blame on drivers (I doubt you'll have a virus/malicious software on a new install)

 

[Toastslave]

Seeing as everything minimized quick as a fox when I had windows 7 I can only assume its a windows 8 issue.

My specs are:
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Xtreme Motherboard
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
Intel SSD 520 Series 180GB (where my OS is)
Nvidia GTX 570

 

[Badbonji]

I put my money on a driver issue or application hogging some resources - you have a similar setup to mine and I have never had any issues (I had Windows 8 briefly on desktop but reverted to 7 for now).

Have you looked at your resource usage when you get this issue? Does it occur on every reboot or is it inconsistent?

 

[Toastslave]

Yeah rebooting does nothing for the problem, and its consistent, everytime I minimize a game it takes forever. Im not at home right now but I'll check the resource usage when Im back from work.

 

[usyed1]

Yeah rebooting does nothing for the problem, and its consistent, everytime I minimize a game it takes forever. Im not at home right now but I'll check the resource usage when Im back from work.

I had this issue for about 2 weeks and then it magically resolved itself...

My problem was that Windows 8 was choosing to build its search database / page file at random moments and it would cause huge slowdowns including when I was alt tabbing... After about 2 weeks it went away on its own...

I dunno if you're suffering from the same thing but check disk usage when that is happening... chances are it might be something similar.

 

[sobe]

Try different video drivers? Perhaps a new beta.