Posted by member 12025 on 2004-06-04 03:26:22 link
Smurth:
AthlonXP 1800+@1.72GHz (~2100+), 512MB PC3200, Radeon 9600 XT (525/679); no slouch for desktop use.
Using third-party apps to use transparency on more than three windows at a time made it annoyingly stuttery. No better or worse on a PC w/ a TNT2 (otherwise close enough specs), just a little less CPU use and you can watch it draw bands as you move them instead of the whole thing at once. Anything over a transparent window becomes equally slowed.
MS is looking towards making full use of what modern video cards can do for the desktop in the next OS, but until '06/'07, we're stuck here in the space age :).
AthlonXP 1800+@1.72GHz (~2100+), 512MB PC3200, Radeon 9600 XT (525/679); no slouch for desktop use.
Using third-party apps to use transparency on more than three windows at a time made it annoyingly stuttery. No better or worse on a PC w/ a TNT2 (otherwise close enough specs), just a little less CPU use and you can watch it draw bands as you move them instead of the whole thing at once. Anything over a transparent window becomes equally slowed.
MS is looking towards making full use of what modern video cards can do for the desktop in the next OS, but until '06/'07, we're stuck here in the space age :).