I wonder, is the computational load of 3d always higher than 2d?

On Jun 28, 3:37 am, "THEfog ." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lol I actually know why this is so, GPU's have come such along way from the
> days of 2D that running 2D games on newer cards will often cause lag and bad
> fps even though these games could be played easily on computer 10-15 years
> ago, the same applies for aero, it actually takes more processing power
> (both CPU and GPU) to render a 2d environment because GPU's and Drivers are
> optimized for 3D nowadays and therfore fall short when it comes to 2D
> processing. So if you are running explorer.exe in non-aero you are
> effectively running it in 2D therefore creating extra load. On GPU and CPU
> functions, yes I know it Dosn't appear to make much sense but I find it
> kinda funny that something that is so trivial can prove detrimental to
> system performance, hope this helps.
>
> THEfog
>
> On 28/06/2010 12:03 PM, "tribaljet" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> True, some games have graphical glitches with it on, while others will
> run awfully slow with it on too, sometimes it makes me wonder if there
> is actually a rule of thumb about performance only settings. But even
> though I like good performance, I won't have it if it means buggy
> graphics, and I'm not also using swiftshader for a sm3/4 game to run
> at 1fps. There has to be a balance for each hardware configuration.
>
> On Jun 28, 2:40 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > IMO the desktop composition is the k...
> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:25 AM, uncleferassi <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > Do I just have to...
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