What is the use of DreamScene if it bogs down the OS?

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I know I don't have the most powerful PC in the world, but still, should
DreamScene really be such a hog on the processor?

AMD athlon 64 (2 ghz), 1 gb ram, 256 mb ati radeon x800gto
 
1. Dreamscene is in the "preview" stage. That means beta, and not
finished. People clamored for it and now they have it.

2. It requires a powerful video card. I have problems also. I live with
it, upgrade my system - or don't use it. My choice.

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Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
Earlier today I fitted my upgraded graphics card (256mb) and new Ram (1GB)
so that I could play with Aero and DreamScene on my new OS (Vista)
I'm impressed, it all looks very cool, but! If I pause DreamScene and just
use Task Manager only, then CPU usage never goes above 4%, If I play
dreamScene then the CPU usage never goes below 60%. Ummmm, may be more Ram,
More Graphics, faster processor. But I dun it already, not again, please :-)
 
reductant said:
I know I don't have the most powerful PC in the world, but still, should
DreamScene really be such a hog on the processor?

AMD athlon 64 (2 ghz), 1 gb ram, 256 mb ati radeon x800gto
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How much CPU does playing a video hog? Well guess what? DreamScene is a
video.

I'm seeing about 10-14% here. 1900x1200, Core 2 Duo 6600, 2GB RAM, Radeon
X1900XT.

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Ivar said:
Earlier today I fitted my upgraded graphics card (256mb) and new Ram (1GB)
so that I could play with Aero and DreamScene on my new OS (Vista)
I'm impressed, it all looks very cool, but! If I pause DreamScene and just
use Task Manager only, then CPU usage never goes above 4%, If I play
dreamScene then the CPU usage never goes below 60%. Ummmm, may be more
Ram, More Graphics, faster processor. But I dun it already, not again,
please :-)
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I have the waterfall going here as I type and CPU usage is around 9-14%. I
have several programs open, ram is presently sitting at 55% of 2Gb.
I have a dual monitor display and I see that the Dreamscape pauses when the
window is full mode so no resources are being sucked up needlessly.
 
reductant said:
I know I don't have the most powerful PC in the world, but still, should
DreamScene really be such a hog on the processor?

AMD athlon 64 (2 ghz), 1 gb ram, 256 mb ati radeon x800gto
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Doesn't slow my system down. But, then I am Core2 Duo with 2GB and a 512MB
3D graphics card.

=(8)
 
reductant said:
I know I don't have the most powerful PC in the world, but still, should
DreamScene really be such a hog on the processor?

AMD athlon 64 (2 ghz), 1 gb ram, 256 mb ati radeon x800gto
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Hmm... I'm running DreamScene on a box with 2GB's RAM, and 224MB's onboard
video RAM (32 system, 192 Shared). I've got two Solaris VM's running (1GB
RAM total) and I do not notice a slow down in system performance because
DreamScene is running. I do see the DS video pause if the system spikes.
DWM.exe is using between 5 - 7 % cpu here.

Lang
 
How do you run it? I have downloaded it but the only reference to it is
right clicking on the desktop and the run option is grayed out. Says it
installed successfully on Windows Update.
 
Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Personalization, Change
Desktop background, Location scroll down to Dream Scene content. You might
have to change the theme first.
 
John,

You have to choose it as your desktop background. Then the right click
option is enabled when you right click on the desktop.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
Thanks guys. Awesome.

John Barnes said:
How do you run it? I have downloaded it but the only reference to it is
right clicking on the desktop and the run option is grayed out. Says it
installed successfully on Windows Update.
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