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My initial response would be: Are you running Windows? But as of Late I've noticed this is a moot point...
My next question would be: Are you running on anything LESS than 3 times the OS/system " minimum requirements"? I don't care what they put on that box for the bare minimum, you won't like it running at anything less than 3 times taht amount.. so if it says 64, better go with 256. If it says 200mhz, get a 600 or up.
Do you have more than 2 icons (5 max) in the system tray? If so, close them.. Never have anything more than you absolutely NEED running on a windows system. Make sure you eliminate them from start menu also.. Realplayer? Don't need it. MS OFFICE taskbar? Don't need it. Task Scheduler? Don't need it unless you want Defrag or virus checks running at regular intervuls.
I know you do a lot of image work. This says to me yer cache and temp files are probably overflowing.. first go to any TEMP folder in your computer and clear out everything you can (I.E, C:\Temp, C:\Windows\Temp, C:\Windows\system\temp), and then run whatever system matience tools you can (Defrag, Scandisk, DiskCleanup). This will take the better part of the day to do, but it's something that needs to be done.
And finally, go to your video card company's website and check to be certain you have the ABSOLUTE LATEST drivers for your video card.
Hope this helps ya.