Ouch. But my brothers laptop has a geforce 7200 that is also 32bits, which does explain why he has 2.7 for his wei score. 64 is bad but the expected bus width for our gmas, but it seems it is somehow tied with the dual channel configs (though I'm not sure about this), whereas single channel configs might only have 64 bits. Nvidias like 7600, 8600, 9600 all have at least 128 bits, while lower end like 7300, 8400, 9300/9400 all are 64 bits, and high/ultra end are at least 256. And don't believe that little context menu of gpu-z stating that bus width only matters within gpus of the same generation...
On Jun 28, 11:24 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
