Winter 3D ScreensaverComments on:

By: Roj Blagojevic

Roj Blagojevic — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:51:30 +0000

Real nice screenie. Thanks GOTD!

By: Leftey

Leftey — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:09:45 +0000

Stay clear. Troublesome & erratic , I give it the boot, too many time wasting crashes

By: bob

bob — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:25:18 +0000

Amd64 X2 XPSP3 Video Radeon 256Mb , reinstalled fine this appears to be updated (bigger file size, more details} form the 2007 version we received a while back. nice to have different screen savers to view instead of just wallpaper. if the space and resources are available why not many screensavers , after all you only run one at a time and rotate them for variety and nostalga, my age, my era. thanks again GOTD any all the partners for the great work you do to provide much to so many as ungrateful so many are . But the help from Comments and the Forums is Immeasurable, It’s been a wonderful re-education for me relearning everything from so log ago to todays way of doing things . Thank-You very much to all.. Bob

By: naddie

naddie — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:24:08 +0000

Thanks again GOTD for this free offering.

There are some hard edges on graphics that could have looked better ’smoothed out’ (quite noticeable on the piles of snow leading up to one of the houses) but overall it looks like a lot of work went into this screensaver.

It has quite a magical atmosphere, as in a storybook setting (for both children and adults to enjoy). The music as with the previous screensavers from AG seems to have a split-second pause at times but it’s not too annoying (perhaps as some have suggested for other ‘delays’, I just need to play with the settings).

After purposely watching this screensaver run for up to 20 minutes – at which point I really had to stop fixating on the monitor (hypnosis was setting in :-p) – I had expected to see the sequence of shots (at the various angles) repeat themselves in a loop. This did not happen so it appears that Astro Gemini didn’t cut any corners providing new shots of the scenery for as long as the screensaver is running.

All in all, a lovely winter screensaver.

By: dns

dns — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:31:34 +0000

I wasn’t able to download this screensaver the last time it was offered as I was running low on hard drive space. This is a much better one than the snowman one that was offerd at Christmas. Installed fine on Vista Home Premium 32bit. TUrned off the music, but I like the animation of a winters night. Relaxing and nicely done.

I’m up in Canada, it’s cold and there is more than enough snow, but at least we don’t have to shovel this snowfall!! I also like that it is more of a secluded setting rather than the busy city in which I live.

#46, I would also love a really good fireplace screensaver with the sound of the crackling logs, but no musiv with it. How about it GOTD team?

Thanks GOTD!!

By: glen

glen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:15:02 +0000

If you have to make it a weekly thing to put up a screensaver I dare say that there are more than 2 companies that produce them. Why not offer some freeze.com screensavers? Now they know how to produce a screensaver. I would never touch their free ones that include adds but I did get one of their full version ones and I must say they are most impressive. As for Astro Gemini and 3d-planesoft I would have to say that neither one of them impress me with their graphics.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:46:11 +0000

The view out my window looks better. It’s higher resolution, animated, and bigger.

By: RogerS

RogerS — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:11:43 +0000

Thanks GOTD. I’m here in tropical florida (it was 78 and sunny today) and this snow scene screensaver was just what I needed. Installed fine on Vista and runs fine on nvidia 7900gto. Now to go mow the lawn.

By: Dobromilka

Dobromilka — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:04:58 +0000

Up here in the northern hemisphere there is enough snow and cold. Could we please get a nice warm (beach, fireplace, bonfire etc.) screensaver please. :-)

By: Nukkels

Nukkels — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:56:39 +0000

ENOUGH WITH ALL THE SCREENSAVERS ALREADY!!!

Barely anyone uses screensavers any more, and even if I did, I wouldn’t need dozens of them…