Faster! Faster!

To the powers that be...
I'd like to put in a request for a faster video card on the HogIII. The views are limited in functionality for me because I have to decide if it's worth the lag in time to wait for all the screens to change after selecting a new view or figure something else out (scroll down, close a window, etc.)
Thanks,
Dave
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    Scott,

    Absolutely, as does the refresh rate.

    Think of it this way:

    Running the 2 internal monitors at 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, we are drawing 960,000 pixels (800 x 600 x 2) 60 times each second, or 57,600,000 pixels per second.

    Enabling both external monitors at 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz, this adds 196,608,000 pixels each second (1280 x 1024 x 2 x 75).
    Some of this load is handled by the video card and not the CPU, so it won't directly affect the response of the console, but if you put windows that have lots of constantly changing data on these screens, like the Output window, Cuelist windows, or the DMX window, the processing for updating the data in these windows is handled by the processor on the motherboard and that can have a noticable effect on the responsiveness of the console.

    We are currently working hard to improve performance in ways that would directly benifit these specific situations, but for now the best advice is to minimize your external monitor resolution and refresh rate, be careful about which windows you have open, or disable one or both external monitors to increase the performance and responsiveness of the console.
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    Scott,

    Absolutely, as does the refresh rate.

    Think of it this way:

    Running the 2 internal monitors at 800 x 600 @ 60Hz, we are drawing 960,000 pixels (800 x 600 x 2) 60 times each second, or 57,600,000 pixels per second.

    Enabling both external monitors at 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz, this adds 196,608,000 pixels each second (1280 x 1024 x 2 x 75).
    Some of this load is handled by the video card and not the CPU, so it won't directly affect the response of the console, but if you put windows that have lots of constantly changing data on these screens, like the Output window, Cuelist windows, or the DMX window, the processing for updating the data in these windows is handled by the processor on the motherboard and that can have a noticable effect on the responsiveness of the console.

    We are currently working hard to improve performance in ways that would directly benifit these specific situations, but for now the best advice is to minimize your external monitor resolution and refresh rate, be careful about which windows you have open, or disable one or both external monitors to increase the performance and responsiveness of the console.
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