Aquarium Desktop

from JoeUser Forums
I recently purchased the Aquarium Desktop, but it is unusable with a multi monitor setup.
CPU usage remains at about 70-80% whether the fish are visible or not, whether windows are maximized infront or not.

Win 2K3
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What CPU do you have?

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
What CPU do you have?


AMD Athalon XP 2600+
1.91 Ghz
1GB RAM
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If there is an option for fish shadows, try turning that off?

Unfortunately DesktopX performance is very dependant on good graphics card and driver support. If you have the latest and it's still taking large amounts of CPU, well . . . there's not all that much you can do. I'm not sure why it would be so slow when your fish aren't visible, though.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No option for shadow.
Latest drivers improved CPU usages slightly, but not enough to make it usuable.
Shame. It was a nice product too.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Unfortunately I had to deal with someone in support who didn't know what the Windows Task Manager does, but despite that Stardock have finally refunded. Thanks.