whoa whoa whoa... CPU-Z reports my bus width on my ATI Radeon HD 3200 as 32 lol....
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:25 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > There are many games that disabled at least part of the aero system, > and when desktop composition is disabled on the compatibility tab with > those games aero is supposed to be fully off. > Btw, that 2d article in toms hardware is rather interesting, as I > already found the gma 950 performing better at 2d than many gpus on > steroids like atis and nvidia. And let's not forget it was a bus width > of 128 bits which is equivalent to many mid range gpus. > > On Jun 28, 10:15 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe I started War3 on my ATI laptop in OpenGL mode with Aero >> turned on fine. >> >> Also I thought D3D games only disabled Aero automatically when they >> were either programmed not to (hellgate london) or when the disable >> desktop composition option was checked/ >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:31 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Opengl games don't work with aero turned on at all, and direct3d also >> > switch to basic, so it's ok. >> >> > On Jun 28, 8:20 pm, uncleferassi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So it's ok to leave transparent windows on 'cause i'll turn >> >> automatically while playing games? >> >> >> On Jun 28, 7:38 am, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > That guide is for changing aero snap/shake settings. >> >> >> > On Jun 28, 1:16 pm, Philo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > > Read Option 2 from this link, it should be alot easier to close Aero >> >> > > and Reopen it. >> >> >> > >http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3069-aero-snap-turn-off.html >> >> >> > > I however, has not tried this. >> >> >> > > On Jun 28, 12:08 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > > > yes, but u can disable every effect that u want except transparent >> >> > > > windows... >> >> >> > > > although both desktop compo and aero enable, i noticed that playing >> >> > > > games at >> >> > > > full screen disable transparent windows automatically bit desktop >> >> > > > compo >> >> > > > still on which allows windows GDI to work a best, Win GDI are >> >> > > > important to >> >> > > > some driver such as my V1.1 and V1.1E... >> >> >> > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:29 AM, uncleferassi >> >> > > > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> > > > > It seems like you have to leave desktop composition AND visual >> >> > > > > styles >> >> > > > > on or else desktop composition will just uncheck itself. >> >> >> > > > > On Jun 27, 7:41 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > 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: >> >> >> > > > > > > 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: >> >> >> > > > > > > > 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... >> >> >> > > > > -- >> >> > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> > -- >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> -- >> Espionage724 Has A Signature... > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
