It's just that at 1400x1050 the video card is either not optimized for 3D at that resolution or it's where video memory starts to run out. Incidentally, if I run my laptop at 1280x1024 I can run at near the highest quality without any affect. The point here is to give users a real-world, worst case scenario. If your video card rating is a 3.0, you probably shouldn't be running Aero let alone animated wallpapers.
I could use some beefy machine for this demo but the point here is to use the lowest common denominator. But I can tell the cube doesn't look quite as good now. Same cube at best performance setting but minimum qualityĪt this setting, it's perfect.
So I'm going to turn down the performance all the way to best performance. For me, I won't tolerate any degradation in performance for eye candy.
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But windows move with a bit of a lag because the DWM is still taxed. I can't actually tell any quality difference between the two versions. So I try lowering the performance to regular quality. In other words, it slows down my Windows experience which is unacceptable. So on my laptop, at maximum rating, I'm only using 3% CPU but the cube moves at less than 30fps and windows move slowly because the DWM is being taxed. It's not like I could run Company of Heroes with at that resolution with 4X animation and expect to get 60fps. But the running at 1400x1050 is taxing on it. My ThinkPad T60 laptop is a pretty decent laptop. But fear not, DeskScapes provides options to control the experience. If you're running at 1920x1200 on your desktop, ask yourself if you usually run your video games at 1920x1200 with all the quality options on. If your video card is poor, then Dynamic Dreams will perform poorly too visually. Their performance is tied to your video card. Stardock Cube floats gently around the screen on a reflective surfaceÄynamic Dreams use very little CPU. This way, artists can concentrate on making visually impressive Dynamic Dreams without having to worry about coding or scripting. Stardock's mid-term plan is to also release an editor to make it easier to create Dynamic Dreams that are very easy to create that fall into certain common templates. DeskScapes also provides support for configuration and performance settings. Dynamic Dreams are designed specifically to be animated wallpapers to use as little CPU and resources as possible while delivering stunning visuals. They're not like screen savers which are essentially EXEs renamed. Dynamic Dreams use DeskScapes to do much of the work. This is a sample one that will also be included in the upcoming DreamMaker 1.01 SDK to allow others to create their own Dynamic Dreams. The first Dynamic Dream is a floating, bouncing, rotating cube with the Stardock logo on each side. These dynamic animated wallpapers are called Dynamic Dreams. It includes two dynamic animated wallpapers to show what is possible. In early March 2007, Stardock released DeskScapes 1.01 into beta for Object Desktop users. Without this, the hard work that artists put in creating these wonderful animated wallpapers would done anonymously. DREAM files support author information that is displayed in the Desktop Background dialog (including links to the author's website). DREAM instead of releasing their work at. Ironically, what has probably helped make DeskScapes so popular is that most people creating animated wallpapers choose its format. The two most anticipated features of Stardock DeskScapes has been the promise of animated wallpapers that can change based on triggered events (time of day, weather, etc.) as well as dynamic animated wallpapers (wallpapers that are generated on the fly as opposed to looping video). It's ones of the new programs that makes up Stardock's popular Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancement utilities. The best known tool is Stardock DeskScapes. Stardock worked with Microsoft on the DreamScenes projects and is responsible for some of the animated wallpapers that will come with the final release of Windows DreamScene as well as producing tools and enhancements that extend the functionality of the animated wallpaper feature.
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The caveat is that the video driver makers need to make sure their drivers are up to snuff which, in some cases, they are not yet.
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Windows DreamScenes, available only on Windows Vista Ultimate, makes full use of the new DWM's video acceleration to deliver high definition backgrounds that won't slow your computer to a crawl. Windows DreamScenes enables users to play video as their desktop background which, when done correctly can provide spectacular results.
With the release of Windows DreamScenes, Microsoft has made animated wallpapers on Windows a practical reality.