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by dylan604 1887 days ago
Why would you ever target wasting CPU/GPU when better alternatives are available?
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I actually really like this feature when playing music for a whole room on my OLED TV. People like watching the fancy graphics and I get to dodge a tiny little bit of burn in.
You missed the part of better alternatives. I didn't mean to turn off the anim, just switch it to a more efficient method of doing it.
What are the better alternatives?
I'm guessing pre-rendered animations. Better alternative if you're optimizing for performance, but maybe not if we're optimizing for other metrics.
It might be cool.
It might be cool to needlessly spin up a CPU/GPU for no reason other than not being familiar with a more effectient method of doing something? I don't know where you come from, but that's not my definition of cool at all