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Old 5th August 2009, 17:30   #22  |  Link
TheFluff
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Originally Posted by D'zzy View Post
Even if compression-wise DeDup does do about nothing, I still consider it helpful speed-wise...

Like what I described before, DeDup will reduce the work for the filters after it, especially when the filters after are heavy. Am I right about this?
No, probably not. What you gain in filtering speed is offset in what you lose by having to do an analysis pass with dedup.
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