Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Does Aero Glass really reduce battery life? I have heard some people say Aero glass reduces battery life and some people say its a myth and it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, Wrong section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, Wrong section. Well it could be a conspiracy. ba...dum...tish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, Wrong section. I am asking this in conspiracy section for the reason of because there are no concrete definite answers thus its a conspiracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I am asking this in conspiracy section for the reason of because there are no concrete definite answers thus its a conspiracy Well this is under "Real World News" - "It's a conspiracy!". I'd say it should be under Microsoft (Windows) Discussion & Support :). And to answer your question, I think that when laptop graphics cards were crappier, it took more gpu power to run DWM, now I don't think it's an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, I am asking this in conspiracy section for the reason of because there are no concrete definite answers thus its a conspiracy http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/archive/2007/05/14/aero-and-battery-life.aspx Yes, there is a definite answer. There is no conspiracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Veteran Posted December 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2013 Moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/archive/2007/05/14/aero-and-battery-life.aspx Yes, there is a definite answer. There is no conspiracy. That still isn't truly definitive, because there is no consistent data in the article. I have read from other experts that aero glass doesn't affect battery life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottGutt Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I would say with certainty, No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, That still isn't truly definitive, because there is no consistent data in the article. I have read from other experts that aero glass doesn't affect battery lifeblogs.windows.com is the official Windows team blog. There are no "other experts" except the experts that made Windows themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/vista-aero-vs-battery-life-myth-829 As I suspected, the battery consumption for the non-Aero scenario was within 1-2% of the consumption with Aero enabled. In other words, disabling Aero had little or no measurable impact on battery consumption under Windows Vista Ultimate when running a mix of common business productivity (Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 22, 2013 Member Share Posted December 22, 2013 That still isn't truly definitive, because there is no consistent data in the article. I have read from other experts that aero glass doesn't affect battery life There is a definitive answer. Charge the battery to full and run the machine with Aero Glass on till it runs dry, measure this time. Do the same with glass turned off. That's your definitive answer. A conspiracy it is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks for all the answers, but I will have to test to see if aero glass really reduces my battery for my self :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 22, 2013 Member Share Posted December 22, 2013 I'd say the most definitive way is to look at a power meter with it enabled and disabled (~$20-30 to purchase). I would suspect that the difference is less than watt. Then just do a ratio of how much the difference is over the total energy being expended to get the % difference in power usage. A difference MAY not even be detectable. I'd test myself but I don't run Windows 7 anymore. You'd probably need to remove the battery or have it fully charged to get a correct reading with such a device because laptops pull more energy when charging the battery. MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted December 22, 2013 Member Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks for all the answers, but I will have to test to see if aero glass really reduces my battery for my self :) That's the best plan. You'll never know (or trust any other answers) until you try yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Honestly, since everything is hardware accelerated with glass off (but Aero still on) anyway, the glass itself is just one more pixel shader in the pipeline. It'd be a negligible amount of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 As far as I know Aero doesn't reduce battery life compared to classic or basic. Aero without transparency might even save some battery. All GPU's can run Aero (even with transparency) in idle speeds. You're actually offloading the CPU a little since the GPU takes over some of the work it's better at. +Red King 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 I have always used Aero Glass, and my laptop batteries have lasted a pretty long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 22, 2013 Member Share Posted December 22, 2013 Honestly, since everything is hardware accelerated with glass off (but Aero still on) anyway, the glass itself is just one more pixel shader in the pipeline. It'd be a negligible amount of power. ^ This is what I imagine also. Atomic Wanderer Chicken 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 I have used Aero glass for quite a long time and I have had very good battery life. I agree there is little discernible difference between non-aero glass and aero glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello, The Windows team (the link I posted) gives you the answer. What is there to test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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