Dreams and Memory Usage

Published on March 12, 2008 By liquidguru In Object Desktop

I'm using the latest Dreamscapes build 1.95.[b].028, Vista Enterprise SP1, 2GB RAM, 2.16 Core 2 Duo, ATI1400 card (3.6 score).

When I use the latest dreams, Copper Pool, Exotic Plasma and Grassy Field, my Explorer.exe memory use goes up from a normal 50Mb to over 100MB and the explorer.exe CPU usages gets higher too (higher than the dwm.exe CPU usage).

Desktop Earth and Water Dream are better, only increasing the explorer.exe to between 64Mb and 75MB.

This happens both with WindowBlinds running and not running.

Also the latest version seems not to remember my Water Dream settings. If I set another background for the dream, then change to another dream, then back to the Water Dream, it has returned the background to the default sand background. The previous version of dreams remembered my background settings.

As I use the Water Dream this is not really a problem, but thought the info could be useful.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.6
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 3.6

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 89 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Wblind.dll         2008/03/08 18:30:20
Wbsrv.dll         2008/02/13 16:15:29
Wbconfig.exe         2008/02/20 13:52:33
Wbload.exe         2008/02/14 11:05:14
Wbhelp.dll         2007/08/27 11:54:07
Tray.dll              2007/09/12 17:58:21
Wbload.dll              2007/09/12 17:58:28
Screen.exe         2008/01/11 12:14:18

Vista Enterprise Build 6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840

Comments

liquidguru

on Mar 13, 2008

Also the latest version seems not to remember my Water Dream settings. If I set another background for the dream, then change to another dream, then back to the Water Dream, it has returned the background to the default sand background. The previous version of dreams remembered my background settings.

This happens after a reboot too. The Water Dream defaults back to the sand background and forgets my 'Tiling' setting.

DorkCoffeez

on Mar 14, 2008

Do you get any layering issues with the Water Dream?

liquidguru

on Mar 14, 2008

None at all. Everything works perfectly apart from the above two niggles.

DorkCoffeez

on Mar 15, 2008

Have you updated to the latest ATI drivers? While I did not have this experiance excatly I had major issues with the latest release of ATI. I rolled back my drivers and things worked smoothly again. If you are still having troubles and are on older drivers please start a formal ticket with us at support@stardock.com. Please also referance this thread in the ticket.

One other note is the codec you are using. Please check here

liquidguru

on Mar 15, 2008

Thanks for the input Seabass.

I really don't have any issues with the dreams not working correctly, just thought it was strange how some dreams use a lot more explorer RAM.

The (now) much more annoying problem is that DreamScapes no longer remembers the Water Dream settings for which wall I use and the tiling setting after I have rebooted. It worked flawlessly is the previous version of Dreamscapes, but not in this one. I manually have to reset my wall whenever I reboot.

Latest (from manufacturer) video drivers installed and no problems with viewing any video content in any player and no problems with the large amount of video editing I do.

I'll revert to the previous Dreamscapes which worked well.

DorkCoffeez

on Mar 17, 2008

Ok thank you for the info on the matter. Since this is still a beta will be forwarding this info the developers to look into. If I get specific message to fix this issue or present some kind of work around I will post or IM it to you.

liquidguru

on Mar 18, 2008

I've noticed that it isn't just the reboot that resets the settings for the Water Dream. When I go to the Dynamic wallpaper settings, the settings revert to the Sand background and default Tiling as soon as the settings windows opens.

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