Island Dog Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Shortly after the release of Windows Vista last year, Stardock introduced DeskScapes to users of Windows Vista Ultimate which added featured like dynamic .dreams, triggered .dreams, etc. We also launched Dream.WinCustomize.Com which is the official site to find more animated wallpapers (.dreams) for use with DeskScapes. Later, we launched DeskScapes 2.0 which brought the ability for nearly all Vista users to have animated wallpapers on their desktops. However, the one comment we always get is ?I want to use these on XP?. That was always an issue because Vista had much more resources available to make animated wallpapers more feasible, but with the advancement of video drivers and the technology behind Stardock DeskScapes?.. I?m happy to say to Windows XP users that DeskScapes 2.5 will bring .dreams to your desktop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malskazz Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Im exited :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATGC Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Looking forward to it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 But when are you going to release an SDK for 3D dreams, so users with 3DS MAx can make their own dynamic real time 3D dreams. Then I'd buy deskscapes. even if the upgrade to the 2.0 version screwed over the free users with no warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercellus Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 There goes another Windows Vista Ultimate "only" feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkz Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 but they're powered by cpu, are they? on vista it's done by gpu, i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmatic.Minor Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 any idea how many and what resources would be taken up by this? i'd use it for sure if i knew my PCs overall performance wasnt being sacrificed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 It's not perfect. Changing dreams crashed my desktop (requiring a reboot), and it incorrectly called my PCIE GeForce 8500 GT an AGP card. Some of the more flashy dreams run rather choppy as well. VLC as wallpaper with looping runs better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted December 6, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2008 It's not perfect. Changing dreams crashed my desktop (requiring a reboot), and it incorrectly called my PCIE GeForce 8500 GT an AGP card. Some of the more flashy dreams run rather choppy as well.VLC as wallpaper with looping runs better. how would you know it has not be released yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have a ODNT Subscription, and I installed Impulse, and installed Dreamscene through that. That's how I know. Next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 First thing is to make sure you have the very latest video card drivers. Also, if you are running an AGP card performance is not going to be as great as having a latest generation video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Nope, it's a PCI-E GeForce 8500 GT with current drivers. Not bleeding edge, but it's decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hmm, ok then. It's working great now. Well done! *satisfied* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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