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MANAGING THE WINDOWS DESKTOP
Figure 3.34. Select the visual effects you want displayed.
If you play computer games, there are two additional changes you can
make that will help with performance, especially if your system is on the bor-
derline for the game’s hardware requirements. Most games suggest turning
off anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, both of which ask your video card
to spend precious cycles calculating features that probably won’t be missed
in fast-action, first-person-shooter games.
Watch Out!
The last item in the list, Use visual styles on windows and buttons, turns on and
off the Windows XP style. If you deselect this item, the interface reverts to the
Windows 2000 style, though it keeps the Windows XP Start menu structure.
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