Quoted from "aquaman2030"

I reuse the same diagram for Days Hours and Minutes since they're inter-related. The portion that you highlighted is for Minutes and for that 'sensor' there would be a blue output box for that value. Same for Days 'sensor'

Now I think I get it. You have 1 output for days, 1 for hours, and 1 for minutes, – is this correct? Congratulations on getting it working.

Are your two pumps making loud noises?
There is an imbalance in the animation...

I had also integrated the animation of the pump and fan in my overview screen - but that led to a very high system load, so I deleted it again

Quoted from "aquaman2030"

What tool are you using to monitor resource utilization?

I suspect that PvF is referring to GPU load. I have observed that a complex overview page can put significant load on the GPU. When I messed around with animated fan blades it was worse.

Quoted from "aquaman2030"

Very keen observation!

Ha ha, I just knew what to look for, because in the template for the rotating fan from aquasuite (e.g. from the "aquaduct" overview page) the pivot point of the *.png is also shifted 1-2 pixels off center.
I can't stand something like that

When I added the animation for all fans and the pump (and the correct pivot point), the rotation didn't seem smooth to me.
The CPU load in the task manager increased to 6-7% for aquasuite and is now at 1% without the animations (5950X).
It wasn't worth it for me.

Quoted from "aquaman2030"

If you decrease the "Duration" value, the fan blades will spin faster and increasing its value will have the opposite effect.


When I was doing protein folding (BOINC projects), I'd like to squeeze every ounce of performance out of my systems too. These days just light gaming and listening to musics. Hence, my obsession with RGBpx functions/features.
@Speedy-VI was right, I checked Task Manager again, these animations takes an additional ~12% GPU utilization.

Well I was partially right. The animations definitely increase GPU load, and IMHO they should not, or at least not as much as they do. I don't understand why a little spinning fan can put that much load on a GPU. The part I was not right about is assuming PvF was referring to GPU load. He was referring to CPU load, so they both go up, but I think the impact is larger on the GPU.

I also played around with the blade rotation speed, and I think the direction. It was a while ago, and I also decided not to leave them in due to the increased GPU load.