Alastaironsiren wrote:
It certainly does decrease performance for someone previously running with the default Blizzard UI.
Funny how a friend of mine, who was previously using the default UI installed this and his FPS actually went up. I know, I was over at his house and saw the difference with my own eyes. The reason for this is that it changes how much of the screen is renedered. If you hide your UI while using this package, you will notice a large black bar across the bottom. Nothing is there, that means less work for you video card, which in turn means an increase in FPS and overall system performance. It also has efficiency modes, that change your video setting for you depending on how much is going on around you/where you are(Org for Example), therefore also increasing system performance.
I too used to be like you and resisted switching to Mazzle, had a ton of Add-On that I manually configured myself, and then every patch had to deal with fixing it all and that whole headache. After switching to Mazzle I have not looked back, it even makes configuring the addons a breeze with menus instead of text commands. Remembering/looking up all those text commands can be a pain.
Am I somewhat of a fanboy for this package, yes I would say I am, but then again, so is just about everyone that uses it.
Just so you know, in the Install instructions, it even tells you how to back-up and get back whatever custom add-ons you are currently using. I would assume since you probably already know how to do this since you say you use a bunch of add-ons, but it's there. So telling someone to try it is harmless, they can get back thier old setup if they do not like it.
I really hate it when someone tells me I don't know what I'm talking about without any proof to back it up. Generally, I don't open my mouth unless I have first hand experience and can prove what I say is true. There are times when I am mis-informed or overlook things, and ask around, people on this forum know me, I'll concede. In this case however, I will not.
Edited, Oct 25th 2007 1:31pm by Lathais