RE: [GD-Windows] (closing) DirectX Pure Device / HW Vertex Proces sing Stuff

[Tom F. <to...@mu...>]

I agree it was a perfectly valid topic for this list. I pointed the poster
to the DX list because they'd get a far more reliable response there, since
nVidia devrel people frequent that list, and those are really the people who
can give the definitive answers.

Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke.

What's he up to now (and can I have a go)?
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/downloads/search.html?gmid=86

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcin Wieczorek [mailto:Ma...@zo...]
> Sent: 24 September 2001 19:46
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] (closing) DirectX Pure Device / HW Vertex
> Processing Stuff
> 
> 
> I don't get this... this is a win32 dev list and directx 
> question might be
> considered a win32 question and yet people are getting so 
> offended by the
> post.
> 
> Its not like this dev list is swamped with posts about other 
> topics.  Maybe
> someone should make a list of valid discussing topics on this 
> list (I'm
> kidding if you haven't noticed.)
> 
> I've noticed this trend going on around all of the Sweng dev 
> list and its
> getting to a point where people can't even ask a question 
> anymore without
> someone replying how they don't like this post on the list.  Come on..
> Anyway, just my 2 cents...
> 
> (maybe I should have posted this on the General list ;))
> 
> Marcin
> 
> PS. In my opinion this thread was a valid topic on win32 issue.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam...@li...
> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Vek
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 11:31 AM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] (closing) DirectX Pure Device / HW Vertex
> Processing Stuff
> 
> 
> Hi there.
> 
> Since this isn't really the place for this, I'm requesting 
> that this is the
> last post in this thread. Thanks for the great answers, guys. 
>  I'll post
> this postmortem just in case someone else is getting the same problem.
> Perhaps its useful to someone :)
> 
> I've moved on over to the DX newsgroups and mailing lists so as not to
> clutter this newsgroup.  The answers recieved so far were 
> helpful, and I'm
> suspecting that the answer that the CPU might be beating the 
> video card is
> the case.  Its a 2 ghz CPU... The Lock() parameters, AGP 
> business and others
> factors are straightforward and already checked for problems. 
>  There was ONE
> case of 'read-from-agp' that was solved and gave back most of 
> the speed, but
> it's never quite gone over the speed of the software vertex 
> processing, and
> it drops of really sharply when there's many polys.  I'll 
> keep a lookout
> (And ask around) but go on the assumption that on less 
> powerful CPU's the
> GPU might pull a bit more weight.  ... and of course, give 
> users the option
> to force software....
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> -Nick
> ve...@ho...
> 
> 
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