I'm pretty sure an erase background message filling a solid block of colour will also be substantially (437%?) faster than rendering a translucent gradient texture filled rectangle.
Aero is some what hardware accelerated, but it certainly isn't operation 'free'.
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I'm pretty sure an erase background message filling a solid block of colour will also be substantially (437%?) faster than rendering a translucent gradient texture filled rectangle. Aero is some what hardware accelerated, but it certainly isn't operation 'free'.