--- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. That's not what turning down the acceleration on Windows does. It doesn't disable your video card. It disables features, like anti-aliasing, etc. The actual card still processes at its normal speed. I just performed a Finale test that puts more focus on the video card. By dragging the screen around via right-click drag, I find that the screen redraws MUCH more smoothly when I turn the acceleration on my video card all the way down. Why? Because it isn't having to calculate all of the special effects. This is an ATI X600 video card with 256MB of video RAM. Though not as fast as a 7300, the performance here at 1440X900 resolution gives me a pretty good clue that the 7300 will not have maxed out performance in Finale when using default settings. And keep in mind that the requirements for Windows Vista are significantly higher for the video card if users want to run it in with its best settings. > > 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. If I want to run Finale at 1600X1200 resolution (or perhaps even higher), a difference will almost certainly be visible between a 7300 and a 7900. Performance on my X600 at a lower resolution is not even remotely close to being "maxed out." Tyler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
