Before getting too dramatic and removing everything again, open up task manager and sort by CPU usage and see what tasks are using CPU (or gobs of memory for that matter)...you may have another task eating CPU also. Could be something like a virus scanner doing a scheduled scan in the background at the same time, a scheduled backup...or whatever else Try rebooting if you have not already...maybe there are multiples of a tasks running, something stuck in a loop, etc. I agree with one of the other posters, you might want to go to an older version of the GFX driver. I use 71.44 as it has the best performance for me while still retaining the features I want (as opposed to the slightly faster 6x.xx series). Also remember to get rid of the SH3 folder in your "My documents" folder if it is still around and you do uninstall again.
Since it sounds like it ran fine initially prior to installing GWX...I would suspect it would be some variable that has changed between that point and now such as new driver install, software update or install other than SHIII...that is if what I mention in the first paragraph does not get you anywhere.
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Harry J. Miktarian
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