CS4 action panel really really slow!

Sorry if this issue was already posted, the search function
on this forum was not working at the time of writing this.
I just upgraded from Flash 8 to CS4, and the first thing I
noticed was how slow the action panel was compared to Flash 8. When
typing code into the action panel, there is a very annoying 1-2
second delay before it shows up. There is a noticeable delay in
selecting text as well. I thought I could get used to, but its been
a few weeks, and still driving me crazy.
I noticed there are documented performance issues with CS4
and the Ratheon 3200, but I have a Ratheon HD 3870.
Is there a way to speed up the action panel?
Thank you

what is Ratheon 3200?
it have nothing to do with your gpu
im thinking you are using athlon 3200, its not that new, but
CS4 takes a lot more system resource and computing power then flash
8, if you are using more then one core, assign one specific core
for flash, and nothing else uses that core.

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