Vista Dreamscene is now out!! discuss system resource toll...

Just downloaded, installed and is now using Dreamescene, the latest Windows Vista Ultimate extra. For those that don't know, this feature gives users of Vista Ultimate the ability to use a video file (encoded in .mpeg or .wmv) as their desktop background. Its a pretty cool feature. I used the video clip that I took of my son on the day of his birth. My digital camera uses .avi, but I had previously converted the file to .wmv. The background looks nice and my system resources are not affected as much. I noticed almost no increase in system Ram, and only a slight bump in processor resources. (and that's only when the Desktop is "showing" with no other windows maximized)


Does anyone know how to check your GPU resources if you have dedicated video memory, like I do? I would be interested in knowing how this affects your overall video (gaming, encoding...) performance...

 

You could do this in XP with several programs, It was never a major system hog, but it gets old fast.

 

I did not know that. In your opinion, what's the best software? Are any of them free?

 

What programs can you use on XP and also where can I get it?

 

that preview one they gave was awsome. cant wait for more my explorer went up to 100 mb. + aero 60 mb

 

What did you mean by this? were you talking about your resources?