2d in 3d - disadvantages?

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Textures are generally stored as a power of 2 size(some cards allow oddsizes) so 640x480 would be on a 1024x1024 texture. But it the backdrop is static why stick it on a textured quad? Just whack it behind the 3d stuff as an image like in 2d