Disabling Windows Aero Results in Slowdown?

[Moneybagz]

Hi guys,

It appears disabling aero, and using a basic theme, in Win7 x64 results in a slowdown for me. I can run Donkey Kong Returns at full speed with aero enabled. Once aero disabled, framerates drop into 30-40 fps. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a work around/solution? Not an earth-shattering discovery (I can just enable aero if I want to use dolphin); however, my logic tells me disabling aero should result in a performance boost--if any--rather than a huge performance hit.

e8600 @ 4gz
8gb ram
8800gt
D3D11
x64-r6768, r6837, & r7128 (repeatable in all 3)

Thanks,

Eric

[Squall Leonhart]

because disabling Aero disables the compositor which is required for full Direct3D performance.

not to mention you increase cpu usage everywhere else.

anyone that disables Aero should be headshot.

[hyperspeed]

(02-18-2011, 06:48 AM)Squall Leonhart Wrote: anyone that disables Aero should be headshot.

You're playing too "FPS", eh.
Headshot hmm.... do not tell me you .....