On Sunday 06 February 2005 04:14, Timothy Miller wrote: > > > > This card will not have the raw power to do gaming of the type you > > mention. And it will not be doing the really massive CAD renderings > > either. But if you want to talk about demanding 30-60 frames per > > second with no lag and frustrating amounts of overdraw, all you have > > to do is look at the /primary purpose/ of the card: compositing > > numerous overlapping windows. That is pretty much entirely overdraw, > > and it unquestionably demands unflinching framerate. Any dip will be > > perceived by the user as slow and incompetent graphics. This is going > > to be our test, the one we cannot fail. > > Excellent point. So, if you need to composite 100 windows, each of > which is 50% the size of the screen, what is your required pixel rate?
I'm not an expert on X, but isn't the Damage extension supposed to mitigate that? Lourens _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
