On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Cedric BAIL <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:28:30 +0800 Brian Wang <[email protected]> > said: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Are there any advantages when using the gl-x11 backend vs X11+software > >> rendering? > >> Any performance boost? > >> > >> I am now on a ARM Cortex-A8 processor with a MALI GPU and wondering if I > >> should go through the hassle of setting up the driver/library. > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > "it depends", gl can be faster than the cpu - in many cases. but it > comes at a > > memory cost too. try and find out. it'll depend on each case > > And battery also. It depends on the application... > OK. I thought that if I am only doing 2D graphics, gl won't be much help. Do blitting and scaling go through gl too or are they done in software only? Please bear with me since this is obviously a newbie question... I could not find any info on how each backend helps rendering. Thanks. Brian > -- > Cedric BAIL > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- brian ------------------ Cool-Karaoke - The smallest recording studio, in your palm, open-sourced http://cool-idea.com.tw/ iMaGiNaTiOn iS mOrE iMpOrTaNt tHaN kNoWlEdGe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
