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General Discussion / Re: Minimum GPU specs for Milkdrop at 4K 60 FPS

« on: December 28, 2022, 04:20:33 PM »

Thanks!

I have a 77" OLED TV.

I have noticed that some of the patterns go black on my 2k monitor, whether I run it windowed or full screen. I don't know if there's an issue with the card not keeping up or if there is some issue with those specific patterns. If it's a GPU issue, maybe a more modern one would be able to handle those patterns, hence the original question.

I have an Nvidia Shield TV Pro driving the TV and I believe there's a ProjectM app available for it, but in my past tests (a few years ago, on a PC) of projectM it didn't run nearly as fast or smooth as Milkdrop does in Wacup. I haven't actually tried in with the new TV and Shield TV Pro yet, so I'll give that a go and see what happens.

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General Discussion / Minimum GPU specs for Milkdrop at 4K 60 FPS

« on: December 27, 2022, 10:25:46 PM »

I have an 8 year old Thinkpad W530 laptop with an Nvidia K2000M graphics card that happily displays Milkdrop fullscreen on my 2k monitor at 60 FPS. It does not have HDMI out, so I would like to build a "jukebox" to connect to my 4K TV that can run Milkdrop at 60 FPS or more so I can get audio and video via HDMI cable.

Can anyone tell me what specs I should look for in a GPU that would ensure operation at 4k 60 FPS? How much does the performance depend on the GPU and how much on the CPU?

I suspect a fairly low-end/older graphics card would do the job considering the performance I am getting from the ancient, low power card in my laptop.

Thanks to the developer(s) for making Milkdrop run so smoothly!