Ok, sorted the problem, and in a way I'm glad the problem existed in the first place.
The problem? I needed to re-install my AGP drivers as they had reverted back to PCI mode.. sigh. Runs full speed now. :)
If anyone else has slow pixmaps in the future, check dxdiag > Display and if AGP Texture Acceleration is disabled or greyed out this will cause slowdown. Go in to Device Manager and update the PCI driver to an AGP one.
The problem? I needed to re-install my AGP drivers as they had reverted back to PCI mode.. sigh. Runs full speed now. :)
If anyone else has slow pixmaps in the future, check dxdiag > Display and if AGP Texture Acceleration is disabled or greyed out this will cause slowdown. Go in to Device Manager and update the PCI driver to an AGP one.