Dieter wrote:
At least for the end-user, something in 3D should appear, like
screen saver
Actually a proper screen saver just turns the entire screen to
black, and puts the display (and graphics card) into a low power
mode if available.
Yeah. I hate screen savers that suck CPU time.... and for what?
That's right, but it's not the reality which is simply that
screensavers are turned on by default on friendly-user distros.
Speaking about 3D screensavers seems stupid on this list, but, one is
speaking about a feature for the mass, hence, if OGC is a graphics
card for the mass, then one has to comply. Am I wrong ?
Oh come on. Screensavers are an artform. They quit having much
practical use a long time ago, but who cares? They are eye candy
for eye-candy's sake. Anyway, my distribution actually calls them
"screenhacks" not "screensavers". Most users of course, are not
using the CPU cycles that screenhacks consume. :-)
Eye-candy style "screensavers" are quite annoying. Ever try to talk
to someone who is running one? Humans evolved to pay attention to
movement, since movement might be a dangerous predator. Therefore
such a "screensaver" is a major distraction.
A proper screensaver should either put the graphics chip into a
low power mode (to reduce power bills, heat, and global warming),
or do something useful, like protein folding.
http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-highperformance.html
Does it seem odd to anyone that we can use ATI & Nvidia graphics
chips to crunch numbers for medical research, but we can't write
a graphics driver for them?
What is a ClearSpeed chip? Are they expensive?
--
JRT
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