DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users

IDLE · February 13th, 2007

if so, you get to try out Dreamscene. just update myself. seems pretty cool but uses all of my processor and explorer was over 100mb. i was told it doesnt use any resources like this but o con trair(spelling?) unless anyone else is having this issue i dnt see a point in using this all the time.

**madmatt** · February 13th, 2007

Downloading the updates now... I will update usage on Dreamscene following...

**NetRyder** · February 14th, 2007

The CPU usage depends on the type of video you're using. WMV decompression is more expensive, so try to use MPEGs instead.

The last time I checked, my CPU usage was averaging around 10% with DreamScene running, which is not bad, but I don't keep it running often. Prefer to leave my CPU cycles idle for Folding@home.

IDLE · February 14th, 2007

yeah i was just using what came with the samples...

**Howling Wolf** · February 14th, 2007

Originally Posted by IDLE

if so, you get to try out Dreamscene. just update myself. seems pretty cool but uses all of my processor and explorer was over 100mb. i was told it doesnt use any resources like this but o con trair(spelling?) unless anyone else is having this issue i dnt see a point in using this all the time.

The right spelling: "au contraire" (on the contrary)

IDLE · February 14th, 2007

thanks

Smoke286 · February 15th, 2007

Aaaaah, only for Ultimate, bummer

IDLE · February 15th, 2007

Sorry windows ultimate extra only.

Tweakfiend · February 15th, 2007

4800 Dual Core processor @50% useage with Dreamscene desktop video installed..... not that impressed

**Khayman** · February 15th, 2007

my cpu is fine, around 5-15% usuage. Mem is a bit high though, explorer.exe is running at 99MB

**madmatt** · February 15th, 2007

http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?c=1

vertigo · February 16th, 2007

well my guess is if you're PC is capable of all the bells and whistles of aero, it should be capable of this. if it does indeed use WMV (or even MPEG2), DXVA should kick in and handle most of the load normally carried by the CPU. all you need is a capable graphics card, drivers and decoder. I'm guessing most of you already have a decent directx9 graphics card, and both WMV and MPEG2 decoders are installed with the OS, so update your drivers!

**NetRyder** · February 16th, 2007

Originally Posted by madmatt

http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?c=1

I'm waiting for them to release the version with triggers so I can use a Dream that changes according to the time of the day. The one with the earth rotating in realtime looked pretty nice too, and I imagine that one would use almost no CPU time.

Smoke286 · February 16th, 2007

So hypothetically this would only work on Ultimate?

**madmatt** · February 16th, 2007

NR, this would make for one cool feature for a demo computer.

Smoke, benefits of buying/owning Ultimate. It's the way software works. You should be used to it by now. (Office Professional vs. Standard, Photoshop CS2 vs. Photoshop Elements, etc.). The more you spend the more you get.

Tweakfiend · February 17th, 2007

Excellent robot dreamscene video on Matts link ... although you have to load Stardock software to adjust in Control Panel / change desktop background.

**American Zombie** · February 17th, 2007

Originally Posted by Smoke286

So hypothetically this would only work on Ultimate?

If you want to buy Ultimate, save yourself some money and just buy the upgrade as you can do a clean install with it.

GEN3RIC · February 18th, 2007

Hmmm.. my pc uses 85% of my 1GB or RAM all the time - and DreamScene did not affect that and my CPU usage (1 core Athlon64 3000+) is at 5-15% usage. Not bad at all...

**American Zombie** · February 18th, 2007

Originally Posted by GEN3RIC

Hmmm.. my pc uses 85% of my 1GB or RAM all the time - and DreamScene did not affect that and my CPU usage (1 core Athlon64 3000+) is at 5-15% usage. Not bad at all...

Sounds kinda high to me as when I had 1GB of ram the usage in Vista was only about 40 to 45%. Now that I have 2GB it is around 20%.

**madmatt** · February 19th, 2007

1.36GB of the 3.25GB being used with 63 processes.

February 13th, 2007	Top \| #1
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users if so, you get to try out Dreamscene. just update myself. seems pretty cool but uses all of my processor and explorer was over 100mb. i was told it doesnt use any resources like this but o con trair(spelling?) unless anyone else is having this issue i dnt see a point in using this all the time.

February 13th, 2007	Top \| #2
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: anyone do a vista update today? Downloading the updates now... I will update usage on Dreamscene following...

February 14th, 2007	Top \| #3
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: anyone do a vista update today? The CPU usage depends on the type of video you're using. WMV decompression is more expensive, so try to use MPEGs instead. The last time I checked, my CPU usage was averaging around 10% with DreamScene running, which is not bad, but I don't keep it running often. Prefer to leave my CPU cycles idle for Folding@home. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: anyone do a vista update today? yeah i was just using what came with the samples...

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February 14th, 2007	Top \| #6
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: anyone do a vista update today? thanks

February 15th, 2007	Top \| #7
Smoke286 Smokeater Joined: June 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 314 Reputation: 10 Power: 125	Re: anyone do a vista update today? Aaaaah, only for Ultimate, bummer ASUS P6T Intel Quad Core i7 920 9 Gb DDR 3 RAM 1 TB Hard Drive ATI Radeon HD 50700 Realtek ALC 888 1200 Windows 7 Home Premium Performance Rating: 7.9 Ain't No Rocket Scientists In The Firehall

February 15th, 2007	Top \| #8
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: anyone do a vista update today? Sorry windows ultimate extra only.

February 15th, 2007	Top \| #9
Tweakfiend OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: UK Posts: 340 Reputation: 202 Power: 108	Re: anyone do a vista update today? 4800 Dual Core processor @50% useage with Dreamscene desktop video installed..... not that impressed

February 15th, 2007	Top \| #10
Khayman I'm sorry Hal... Joined: January 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,514 Reputation: 1210 Power: 194	Re: anyone do a vista update today? my cpu is fine, around 5-15% usuage. Mem is a bit high though, explorer.exe is running at 99MB "I'm on the server side. I don't know what side you're on"

February 15th, 2007	Top \| #11
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?c=1

February 16th, 2007	Top \| #12
vertigo OSNN Senior Addict Joined: December 2005 Posts: 330 Reputation: 150 Power: 83	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users well my guess is if you're PC is capable of all the bells and whistles of aero, it should be capable of this. if it does indeed use WMV (or even MPEG2), DXVA should kick in and handle most of the load normally carried by the CPU. all you need is a capable graphics card, drivers and decoder. I'm guessing most of you already have a decent directx9 graphics card, and both WMV and MPEG2 decoders are installed with the OS, so update your drivers!

February 16th, 2007	Top \| #13
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users Originally Posted by madmatt http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?c=1 I'm waiting for them to release the version with triggers so I can use a Dream that changes according to the time of the day. The one with the earth rotating in realtime looked pretty nice too, and I imagine that one would use almost no CPU time. http://kunal.kundaje.net

February 16th, 2007	Top \| #14
Smoke286 Smokeater Joined: June 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 314 Reputation: 10 Power: 125	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users So hypothetically this would only work on Ultimate? ASUS P6T Intel Quad Core i7 920 9 Gb DDR 3 RAM 1 TB Hard Drive ATI Radeon HD 50700 Realtek ALC 888 1200 Windows 7 Home Premium Performance Rating: 7.9 Ain't No Rocket Scientists In The Firehall

February 16th, 2007	Top \| #15
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users NR, this would make for one cool feature for a demo computer. Smoke, benefits of buying/owning Ultimate. It's the way software works. You should be used to it by now. (Office Professional vs. Standard, Photoshop CS2 vs. Photoshop Elements, etc.). The more you spend the more you get.

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February 17th, 2007	Top \| #16
Tweakfiend OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: UK Posts: 340 Reputation: 202 Power: 108	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users Excellent robot dreamscene video on Matts link ... although you have to load Stardock software to adjust in Control Panel / change desktop background.

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American Zombie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,864 Reputation: 2689 Power: 151	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users Originally Posted by Smoke286 So hypothetically this would only work on Ultimate? If you want to buy Ultimate, save yourself some money and just buy the upgrade as you can do a clean install with it.

February 18th, 2007	Top \| #18
GEN3RIC OSNN Senior Addict Joined: April 2005 Location: Woodbury, MN Posts: 634 Reputation: 260 Power: 96	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users Hmmm.. my pc uses 85% of my 1GB or RAM all the time - and DreamScene did not affect that and my CPU usage (1 core Athlon64 3000+) is at 5-15% usage. Not bad at all...

February 18th, 2007	Top \| #19
American Zombie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,864 Reputation: 2689 Power: 151	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users Originally Posted by GEN3RIC Hmmm.. my pc uses 85% of my 1GB or RAM all the time - and DreamScene did not affect that and my CPU usage (1 core Athlon64 3000+) is at 5-15% usage. Not bad at all... Sounds kinda high to me as when I had 1GB of ram the usage in Vista was only about 40 to 45%. Now that I have 2GB it is around 20%.

February 19th, 2007	Top \| #20
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: DreamScene Preview Available for Vista Ultimate Users 1.36GB of the 3.25GB being used with 63 processes.