2d vs 3d

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Hi,
We would like to upgrade our desktop to Vista and we have a question about
"Aero": who needs it?
Is there an advantage to run Aero? Is there a software (except a game) that
need Aero?

thanks
Jacques
 
Aero can reduce CPU usage and relieve stress off of the CPU because the
video card (mainly) draws the graphics and hanldes and renders it instead of
the CPU, which should do away with those white erase marks when dragging
windows and so on. It's also reported that CPU usage is reduced when for
example, you resize a window or drag a window. Since Aero puts the video
card to work, you would think that gaming would not be as good as Aero would
eat up the video card's resources, however, I believe Aero shuts off when
playing games, so this would not be true. And then besides that, Aero Glass
is just nice to look at. : )
 
A GPU accelerated UI system is of benefit also to multimedia application.
when ever the data is dynamic and/or require transparency, the graphic card
is much better equiped at display the data.

We have been using Direct3D for our UI components for 5 years now.

Stephan
 
It is pretty much just eye candy. The increased functionality is the
thumbnail preview of running programs by hovering over the program in the
taskbar. Another feature is the Flip3D feature, (Winkey+Tab) which will
show you a pretty graphic of your running programs, and allow you to select
one to the foreground.

The Windows Sidebar looks much better with Aero glass as well. No one
really "needs" it, but it is one of the main features of Vista.
 
I wouldn't necessarily say the Flip3D is eye candy as such... I actually use
it more now than Flip (Alt+Tab) because it's faster to use :o)

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This is not primarily a feature directed towards applications, if you
compare with 'XGL' on Linux you'll probably see that this is directed
towards the user. It's a fantastic concept for giving the user something to
grab and turn and resize and zoom in and out - it can give you a tactile
respons from your on-screen work, something that, like what we've been used
to, was completely lacking.

So, eye-candy - yes, but one with a purpose!


Tony. . .
 
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