Nemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down15
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkDiscord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MBwww.windowslatest.comNemeski@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·3 days agoIt’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”. But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
minus-squareegregiousRac@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 days agoIt’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down9·3 days agoWhat video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squareUnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoA lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days ago What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoReally depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days ago But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI? Because rendering things is quite literally the reason GPUs exist, it takes load off the CPU and is more efficient at it to boot.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen. Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoBecause without it UI changes create CPU spikes
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoPeople use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
It’s a bold strategy. “Electron sucks! Let’s see what else these people made”.
But seriously, why do I need GPU acceleration for my chat UI?
It’s a video player. You want GPU acceleration.
What video? 99.99479% of my Discord experience is text.
A lot of people talk and stream to their friends. If I only needed a text app, I would not use discord at all.
Really depends on the server. The servers I use are driving incredibly rich media: like animated images, video clips, and streaming.
Because rendering things is quite literally the reason GPUs exist, it takes load off the CPU and is more efficient at it to boot.
It doesn’t hurt to have the component that is optimized for drawing things to the screen be a bit more involved in drawing things to the screen.
Strictly speaking necessary? No. Does it hurt? Not at all.
Because without it UI changes create CPU spikes
People use Discord for a lot of things. A lot of people use it to stream and watch streams.
Do you like having battery?