Wallpaper Engine

Buddy · 28 Nov 2018 at 21:52

Hi,

Anyone use this? Looks interesting, though I'd be worried about how much RAM it uses up.

Those that do use it - favourite wallpaper?

DampCat · 29 Nov 2018 at 08:02

I use it, don't notice any major slowdowns.

Kainz · 29 Nov 2018 at 09:02

I did use it earlier in the year and ended up refunding it. For some reason I had odd scrolling issues in Firefox with it enabled and tbh I found it more distracting than I remotely expected. It is a well regarded bit of software though.

pooley · 29 Nov 2018 at 09:22

forgot i got this a good while ago for cheap, will give it a go XD

AWPC · 29 Nov 2018 at 13:01

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/#features
Way better been using it for over 10 years also updated to work with Win 10 ages ago & the best feature is you can apply videos as your wallpaper

They do a free trial as well to make sure you are happy before you buy.

w00dy85 · 29 Nov 2018 at 15:23

Been using it for about a year and it works great for me, I also bought Xwidget yesterday which also works great with wallpaper engine.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/967130/XWidget/

Buddy · 29 Nov 2018 at 19:55

Interesting. Can't go wrong with £3. Hopefully lots of ultrawide wall paper ... .

pestt · 29 Nov 2018 at 20:01

Works great, I use it. Manga section is, interesting.!

shankly1985 · 29 Nov 2018 at 20:34

AWPC said:
https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/#features
Way better been using it for over 10 years also updated to work with Win 10 ages ago & the best feature is you can apply videos as your wallpaper

They do a free trial as well to make sure you are happy before you buy.

You can do all that with Wallpaper engine for less than half that price

Teh_Next · 29 Nov 2018 at 21:33

I used to use it.
My CPU was a bit too high with it so I stopped.

I did have some excellent wallpapers mind you.

Buddy · 29 Nov 2018 at 22:26

Got it in the end.
RAM wise uses 20mb stable.
SO much choice...............

So far I've gone for Cloudy city at ultrawide 1440p for now. Subtle animation.

robin66 · 30 Nov 2018 at 06:19

Great piece of software. But much better if you have more than one monitor.

Glanza · 30 Nov 2018 at 08:53

Used to use it daily but I'm hardly ever on my desktop now and use a static image.

Didn't mind paying the £2-£3 for it as it's decent software that still gets supported.

Drollic · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:04

Does this alter performance at all once running a game? Anyone tried a benchmark with it compared to without? My ageing cpu needs all the help it can get

Buddy · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:30

Drollic said:
Does this alter performance at all once running a game? Anyone tried a benchmark with it compared to without? My ageing cpu needs all the help it can get

There's an option to auto pause when you play.

pestt · 1 Dec 2018 at 09:44

Mine at moment.

Carl_Bennetts · 1 Dec 2018 at 11:05

I use this and it's great. I just get it to pause although not sure i need to with my setup but while playing games it's good to stop the GPU/CPU demand.

Distracted · 1 Dec 2018 at 11:08

pestt said:
Mine at moment.

TangoEchoAlpha · 1 Dec 2018 at 13:46

Just bought it, for £2.79 - it was worth a go. Just browsing the wallpapers and chose this for my first as in the middle of a Ryzen build...

Buddy · 1 Dec 2018 at 14:39

Anyone recommend some good software to make the taskbar like glass?

Wish there was an easy way to link fav wallpapers on here. Not all are on YouTube.