No, it is not the UI, it is the OS. Aero actually does not slow the system down on normally specced cards.
The UI doesn't slow down Video Encoding. With or without Aero active video encoding in Vista is slower than in XP, for example. Clicky linky and read the benchmarks results. Some are 10% slower, others are 24% slower. OpenGL is almost a no-go in the OS, so Maya etc. are totally out at the moment. http://islandgamers.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/vista-comprehensive-benchmarkyes-its-slower/ http://tinyurl.com/2wjopa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5