does a picture on your desktop reduce performance measurably ?

[boran]

well I've been thinking for a while about this, and my tests dont really show anything but I was a bit curious about other ppls experience.

If u place an image on your desktop does your performance decrease ?

thank you for any information

 

[GrumpyMan]

Only if you don't have enough ram in your computer.

 

[Alex]

used to... not anymore

 

[JellyBaby]

It used to when we had 8 MB of system RAM and slow 2D video cards. It's no longer an issue.

 

[gsaldivar]

I agree - this is only a problem if you are low on RAM.

 

[RSMemphis]

Windows is not extremely fast at refreshing the background when you minimize windows, but CPU wise it does no harm. I think Windows uses low priority tasks to refresh mundane things like that.