Tyler,
Then why, when I scroll up and down the screen, does
my computer perform better when the graphics
acceleration is turned up than when it's turned down?
Oh fercrissakes. We aren't comparing a machine with NO video card
versus a machine with a video card. I never said that the video card
NEVER makes any difference to 2D acceleration under ANY circumstances.
What I said was, there is effectively no difference in 2D performance
between the GeForce 7300 GT versus the higher-end video cards
available on the Mac Pro. The higher-end cards offer improvements in
3D performance only -- the 2D performance is already maxed out.
Why does performance slow down at higher resolutions?
Because the CPU has to calculate the position of more pixels before
the GPU can draw them. In Finale, the CPU is almost always
bottleneck unless you have a terrible graphics card, poorly
implemented "integrated graphics," or no graphics card at all. But
the GeForce 7300 GT is not a terrible graphics card by any means,
especially when it comes to 2D performance. Again, go look it up on
Tom's Hardware if you don't believe me.
- Darcy
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On 08 Aug 2006, at 9:45 PM, Tyler Turner wrote:
--- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The *drawing* part of the redrawing is effectively
instantaneous on
any modern video card (like, say, the GeForce 7300
GT).
It's the *calculating* part of the redraw -- which,
in Finale, is
handled by the CPU, not the graphics card -- that
takes time.
Then why, when I scroll up and down the screen, does
my computer perform better when the graphics
acceleration is turned up than when it's turned down?
Why does performance slow down at higher resolutions?
Tyler
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