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

[Guest]

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

 

[Richard Urban]

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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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[Ivar]

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

 

[Paul Smith]

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

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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Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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[Ray Rogers]

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

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.

 

[Jack Splat =\(8\)]

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)

 

[Lang Murphy]

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

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

 

[John Barnes]

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.

 

[Mellowed]

Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Personalization, Change
Desktop background, Location scroll down to Dream Scene content. You might
have to change the theme first.

 

[Richard Urban]

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

 

[John Barnes]

Thanks guys. Awesome.

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.