Off topic: Warp3D stuff (branched from AmiQuake2 AGA thread)

[yssing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EA9xtM22tA here it is running on a PC. so I am thinking that a PCI gfx card with Permedia2 should be faster on a SAM based system

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From here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64026

[Karlos]

here it is running on a PC. so I am thinking that a PCI gfx card with Permedia2 should be faster on a SAM based system

Perhaps, but the drivers on the PC will likely have a lot less between the GL layer and the hardware.

One idea I have is that if Warp3D were to include a primitive T&L pipeline, GL could be improved on this old hardware. A lot of time in the driver is wasted waiting for the GPU FIFO when instead it could be performing transformation and clipping.

Sorry, I'll stop hijacking the thread now

[yssing]

Its fine with me, I find it interesting to read about.

[XDelusion]

Perhaps, but the drivers on the PC will likely have a lot less between the GL layer and the hardware.

One idea I have is that if Warp3D were to include a primitive T&L pipeline, GL could be improved on this old hardware. A lot of time in the driver is wasted waiting for the GPU FIFO when instead it could be performing transformation and clipping.

Sorry, I'll stop hijacking the thread now

You should feel ashamed, and ban yourself!

[XDelusion]

Tried, it doesn't work.

Will someone get this man some permissions?!


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