Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021)
by HarHarVeryFunny on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:03AM
(#38824091)
> Do they bother?
Sure - it's not a matter of bothering to do an optimization, but rather just the way things work.
Any applications running will only redraw on event driven basis when something happens to change the way it wants to appear (user input, timer, etc).
The window manager will only recomposite/redraw on event driven basis when something happens to it (windows moved/resized/etc).
Sure the GPU can handle it, although redrawing a 4K pixel display at 60Hz is still no joke. Even if you do something as simple as playing a video full screen on a large monitor you'll see GPU temp increase.
Sure - it's not a matter of bothering to do an optimization, but rather just the way things work.
Any applications running will only redraw on event driven basis when something happens to change the way it wants to appear (user input, timer, etc).
The window manager will only recomposite/redraw on event driven basis when something happens to it (windows moved/resized/etc).
Sure the GPU can handle it, although redrawing a 4K pixel display at 60Hz is still no joke. Even if you do something as simple as playing a video full screen on a large monitor you'll see GPU temp increase.