detecting when graphics begin exactly

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How do you tell exactly when graphics have begun? There seems to be a lag at the beginning when you are initializing graphics. If I display a logo for one second at the beginning of my game, by the time graphics are actually being displayed to the screen that second is passed and the logo is no longer being drawn. How do I code things so that the logo will actually be displayed onscreen for one second?