Big delay opening first image: ?

On opening first image, sniffer_gpu runs, takes 30-45 seconds to query the gpu. Then it terminates, and Photohop goes into "not responding" mode for 30-45 sec. After the first image, everything works fine. PS6 extended, I7 cpu, 64-bit, 32 gb ram, boucoup drive space available, nVidia 680M GPU with 4 gig ram. Card added to the support file, is recognized instantly by Premiere and After Effects, and everything used to work fine in Photoshop. This started a couple of weeks ago, without any apparent changes to the system or software. Ideas please?

Thank you for your reply. I have the current driver, but that's a good clue, perhaps the (not long ago downloaded) driver is the problem, and I can
try rolling back to the previous version. Thank you, I think this very well may be the variable, I should have tumbled to it myself! Best regards!

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Photoshop CS4 upgrade was my Christmas present this year. I've been fighting this annoying "problem" ever since then...
I DO see this "problem" on my desktop PC, which is a Dell XPS-400 PC (with 2 GB of memory) running Windows XP (Media Center Edition) with SP3 installed. I DO NOT see this "problem" on my laptop, which is a Dell XPS-1530 (4 GB of memory) running Windows Vista SP1. I installed the Photoshop CS4 software exactly the same way on both machines, and I have the preferences set the same in both Photoshop and Bridge (and Camera Raw) on both machines.
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It does not matter what the file format the first image file is (JPG, PSD, TIFF, or DNG), or what the file format of any subsequent image file is. As long as I do not close the Bridge and Photoshop applications, any subsequent file will be passed from Bridge to Photoshop in only a couple of seconds.
I have manually set the File Name Extensions in Windows XP, and in the Preferences in Bridge. Both have been set to open the file types listed above with Photoshop CS4.
I have uninstalled CS4, and have used two seperate Registry cleaners (CCleaner and jv16 Power Tools) before re-installing Photoshop CS4. This had no effect on this situation. I've run "chkdsk C: /r" several times, with no problems reported.
I have been searching through these forums for over 2 weeks now, and I have not seen anyone else report such a problem. I use my XP desktop much more than my Vista laptop, so I'd really like to fix this situation, but I don't know what else to try.
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Don,
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The Windows Page File is set to 3072 MB min and 4096 max, and it is entirely on the D:\ drive. (I have 2GB of physical RAM in the PC.)
I defragmented the C:\ drive using Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier, and even ran a Boot Time Defrag.
Rather than set some exclusions for Norton Anti-Virus, I jsut disbled that Virus checking program for all of my experiments.
I deleted the Bridge Preference File by holding down the Ctrl key as Bridge was restarted.
I even deleted the entire contents of the C:\Windows\Prefetch folder. I then rebooted the PC - twice. I then re-disabled Norton Anti-Virus.
The PC is approaching 3 years of age, but it is a 3.2 GHz Pentium D machine with 2 GB of RAM and two internal SATA drives. Every other application that I run on this machine responds reponsively. Again it is only the FIRST image file that I have Bridge hand off to Photoshop (or Camera Raw) that takes forever. The second and subsequent image files take a second or two.... That doesn't sound like it's an "old hardware" problem to me.
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your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
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what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
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A screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too,
etc.,
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