I receive Aero Lag when opening and closing windows in Windows 7

Yeah, I have to agree with ajm here, it is lag. I wrote my response here:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/thread/91dd2caf-eb09-40e3-ac7f-92635d23b237

Randall

After examining the issue further, it only occurs when opening a window or closing a window (opening a folder on your desktop, for example).  It does not occur when minimizing or maximizing.

It is not lag.

It looks like they wanted the window animation to "pop."  It basically opens, and right before it is completely open, the animation sequence changes its time-step.

Not a bug, not a glitch, not lag.  They clearly meant to do it.

I don't know what the guys at Microsoft were smoking if they meant to make it that way. It's counterproductive. I was doing a recording session last night using Sonar, and editing some notes. This means there are small windows that popup and I have to close them after editing, one after the other.

It actually looks like the windows are FREEZING because that crappy "animation", if that's what you want to call it. You get tired of looking at it after a little while, because it looks like something is wrong. To be perfectly honest, there IS indeed a lag, because opening and closing the windows are SLOWER and not smoother, which leads me to sometimes click the wrong thing because I get confused.

Believe it or not, it is indeed a bug. I feel Microsoft should fix it. And fast.

TOOL, I am not sure if you are talking about everyone or just yourself, but it IS while minimizing and it IS while maximizing. It IS lag/stutter because the frame rate drops considerably. The window is supposed to move in a fluid motion, not choppy.

Randall

I am so glad I stumbled upon this discussion.

I have been using Vista x64 for about a year now, and I upgraded to Windows 7 x64 last night.

I had tried out my Windows 7 when using Vista, in a Virtual Machine, just to see if I would like Windows 7, and I thought the "micro-lag" issue was just because I was running in a Virtual Machine.

When I formatted my system drive and installed Windows 7 last night, and started to use it, I noticed the "micro-lag" in the window animations immediately.Vista had no such lag.

My system specs:

ASUS P5Q Pro

Intel Q6600 @ 3.6ghz

8GB RAM

ATI 4850

Latest drivers, etc.

Again, Vista x64 was smooth and perfect.  Windows 7 has "micro-lag" in the window animations.

After examining the issue further, it only occurs when opening a window or closing a window (opening a folder on your desktop, for example).  It does not occur when minimizing or maximizing.

It is not lag.

It looks like they wanted the window animation to "pop."  It basically opens, and right before it is completely open, the animation sequence changes its time-step.

Not a bug, not a glitch, not lag.  They clearly meant to do it.