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fazaal24
02-18-2007, 04:25 PM
Windows DreamScene (http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12115) is a utility that allows videos to be used as desktop wallpapers to Vista Ultimate edition users which uses the GPU for display animation instead of the CPU because it relies on the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) which is a part of Windows Aero.

But the real story is different. Check out these screenshots of average CPU usage with DeskScapes (http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12122) (an add-on to DreamScene) installed.

DreamScene with default Vista Aurora video (CPU Usage 44%)
http://i13.tinypic.com/2udztl2.jpg

DreamScape Sylock at (CPU Usage 47%)
http://i19.tinypic.com/4bnrbjm.jpg

DreamScape Plasma (CPU Usage 50%)
http://i18.tinypic.com/4hhodx3.jpg

DreamScene 1080i mpg video (CPU Usage 82%)
http://i5.tinypic.com/2gvpnp2.jpg
Images from here (http://www.rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=354)
Anusha
03-09-2007, 04:49 PM
Yes, this is because Dreamscene is still in sort of beta.

Anyway, I checked my CPU usages and it was around 17% with Deskscape (Blissful Sunset theme).

mpg is the lowest resource consuming video type on my PC. It was about 3-4% which is acceptable :yes:
tckrockz
03-09-2007, 04:58 PM
i depends on da duration of da vdo if itz short den much much low cpu is usd
Anusha
03-09-2007, 05:06 PM
i depends on da duration of da vdo if itz short den much much low cpu is usd
Actually, it depends on the codec and whether or not your video card (by default) supports decoding of such videos.

mpg uses low resources as a whole
wmv uses more
*.dream : I have no idea which codec they use. :(

But the RAM usage is dependent on the duration of the video. :yes:
fazaal24
03-09-2007, 05:13 PM
yeah!!
prasadana2
03-09-2007, 06:06 PM
OMG..
xP IS better 2 me.
Anusha
03-09-2007, 06:45 PM
OMG..
xP IS better 2 me.
Suit yourself.

After using Vista, I no longer can use XP as efficiently as Vista.

If you remember when XP was launched, things were much worser than Vista. Vista is doing really well.

Remember, Vista will run better than XP on a highend PC. On a slow PC, avoid Vista.
fazaal24
03-09-2007, 06:48 PM
Suit yourself.

After using Vista, I no longer can use XP as efficiently as Vista.

If you remember when XP was launched, things were much worser than Vista. Vista is doing really well.

Remember, Vista will run better than XP on a highend PC. On a slow PC, avoid Vista.

CHEERZ:yes: