--- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2006, at 3:50 PM, Tyler Turner wrote: > > > As for links, just do a google search for graphic > > acceleration slider. > > > > One example: > > > http://www.smartcomputing.com/techsupport/detail.aspx? > > > guid=&ErrorID=33407 > > Okay, I appreciate the link, but that's pretty > vague: > > "Use the graphics acceleration slider to adjust the > range of features > handled by your graphics hardware." > > What I'm interested in is what *specific* features > are enabled on > *specific* video cards. Just look at a Windows PC. The tabs in this control panel vary a great deal from one graphics card to the next. Are the two graphic cards in my two machines doing exactly the same tasks with these 2D images? Very likely not. The only thing that's clear is that one of the cards is getting through its processing tasks much faster than the other. With standard, default settings, one of them is able to draw the Finale output much faster than the other. It's not up to me to find a mention of every feature this slider turns on for every graphics card. It's up to you to find mention that turning up that slider also gives new tasks to the CPU, and does so in different ways from one installation of Windows XP to the next. That would be a behavior that isn't specifically described in the dialog box or on any website I've seen. Cleaning the kitchen sink also isn't described in the dialog, and so I leave it to you to find evidence that turning up the slider does indeed cause this to happen. It would seem a bit unlikely that I'll find specific mention on some website that turning it up doesn't affect sink cleaning performance - but I don't believe that's any indication that it does. When you turn down that slider in Windows, tabs disappear from the graphic display control panel (indicating that you have disabled graphic hardware features). These tabs are specific to the particular graphics card you have. Go look in this dialog if you want to see what they are. Or just read the specs for a video card to see what features it offers, especially concerning DirectDraw. 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
