Is Windows FX Any Good?
Saturday, January 8, 2005 by Manny Moe and Jack | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I seem to remember it have performance issues...so to those you use it, is it worth the download?
Essencay
Reply #3 Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:49 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:49 PM
I have played with it a little, but for eyecandy value, I think it eats up too many resources....I haven't used it in a while so this may have changed. If it wasn't part of ObjectDesktop, I personally wouldn't buy it.
BlueDev
Reply #4 Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:45 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:45 PM
I like it and use it semi-regularly simply for shadows and to tile windows. I don't dig all the transitions, they do nothing for me. I wouldn't get it alone, but as part of Object Desktop it is great. When I use it it rarely eats up more than 1-1.5 megs of RAM (less than Yz shadow for shadows by a couple of megs) so it is decent in that respect. But like I said, all I am doing is shadows and the ability to tile windows.
wulfn1
Reply #5 Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:56 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:56 PM
I love fx and would miss the transitions and transparency if I didn't have it. But I wouldn't buy it as a stand alone. it's one of those programs that works best with the other parts of Object Desktop.
MikeB314
Reply #6 Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:00 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:00 AM
I use WindowFX daily. It's great if you have a high-end video card, preferably by ATI, and a decent computer. Otherwise you're going to have performance issues as your CPU tries to compensate for what your video card can't handle.
Manny Moe and Jack
Reply #7 Sunday, January 9, 2005 4:36 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, January 9, 2005 4:36 PM
How would an Nvidia GforceFX 5200 (128 meg) card handle?
Action_Jay
Reply #8 Sunday, January 9, 2005 4:55 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, January 9, 2005 4:55 PM
I'd say you've got a good chance at running it. There's quite a few things you can enable or disable until it's working for you. 
ExodusCrow
Reply #9 Sunday, January 9, 2005 11:56 PM
I have the same card and haven't had any problems. I only using it for the shadows though.
Reply #9 Sunday, January 9, 2005 11:56 PM
| How would an Nvidia GforceFX 5200 (128 meg) card handle? |
I have the same card and haven't had any problems. I only using it for the shadows though.
IPlural
Reply #10 Monday, January 10, 2005 2:46 AM
Not to sure of that, consider a CPU is measured in gHtz and a GPU is measured in tFlops... Probably more to do with how each handles the rendering and API's.... ????
mmm, but, whatever the details are, one is compensating for the others failing for sure hehe hiya Mike! happy xmas, happy 05 and STAY WARM !!!
Reply #10 Monday, January 10, 2005 2:46 AM
| Otherwise you're going to have performance issues as your CPU tries to compensate for what your video card can't handle. |
Not to sure of that, consider a CPU is measured in gHtz and a GPU is measured in tFlops... Probably more to do with how each handles the rendering and API's.... ????
mmm, but, whatever the details are, one is compensating for the others failing for sure
hehe hiya Mike! happy xmas, happy 05 and STAY WARM !!!
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Reply #1 Saturday, January 8, 2005 5:50 PM