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@ID_AA_Carmack @_Humus_ HSW transactional memory might help. I believe a context switch is pretty much guaranteed to abort a transaction. 3:32 PM May 24th via web in reply to ID_AA_Carmack
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mmalex a #graphics paper in 2012 that shows results as fps /on a log scale/. polishing a turd! seriously people, just use milliseconds! 2:20 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by AndrewLauritzen and 18 others
@tom_forsyth If stuff is before 5am I stay up ;) 5:42 PM May 23rd via web in reply to tom_forsyth
@palgorithm A little off-topic, but I believe D supports inline assembly (and cross-platform at that) in x64 code as well. 9:20 AM May 23rd via web in reply to palgorithm
simesgreen GPUs being used to design GPUs. Kernels launching kernels. GPUs on the moon. Sounds like the start of Skynet to me! 11:11 AM May 22nd via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by AndrewLauritzen and 14 others
h3r2tic Real world VSM leaking. RT @Battleclad @lauralollipop A friend took this during it: i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/dar… 3:43 AM May 21st via TweetDeck Retweeted by AndrewLauritzen and 3 others
@gjaegy @_Humus_ It varies a lot from one GPU/driver to the next unfortunately, but shaders are costly everywhere. 8:51 AM May 16th via web in reply to gjaegy
@rygorous @nothings @_Humus_ So in DX11 could you dump all the constants into a buffer and the textures into an array (for UI that is)? 7:36 PM May 15th via web in reply to rygorous
@ZigguratVertigo Looks like pretty standard forward rendering to me from the trace. Shaders get "numLights" and light data structs. 7:26 PM May 15th via web in reply to ZigguratVertigo
@ZigguratVertigo I'll go check, but I wouldn't take SC2 as an indication - Blizzard operates almost as separate studios. 7:17 PM May 15th via web in reply to ZigguratVertigo
@_Humus_ Interesting indeed. Makes you wonder whether a lot of the noise is just outdated information. 7:04 PM May 15th via web in reply to _Humus_
@ZigguratVertigo I think it's forward - it's DX9 and supports MSAA. Could be wrong though... time to bust out GPA :) 7:01 PM May 15th via web in reply to ZigguratVertigo
@nothings @rygorous That's good at least :). As I asked @_Humus_, out of curiosity what state are you changing mostly between draws? 2:44 PM May 15th via web in reply to nothings
@rygorous @TobiasBerghoff @_Humus_ Can't the vast majority of a UI be renderered in a single batch in DX11 for instance? 2:24 PM May 15th via web in reply to rygorous
@rygorous @_Humus_ 1800 batches for UI? :O 1:56 PM May 15th via web in reply to rygorous
@_Humus_ Indeed :) As I'm sure you know well, total # draw calls is less important than state changes, and which ones. 1:55 PM May 15th via web in reply to _Humus_
@_Humus_ Curiously for those 10k draws, what state do you change between them mostly? Textures? Constants (dynamic updates or static)? 1:40 PM May 15th via web in reply to _Humus_
@_Humus_ Interesting. Makes you wonder where all the noise about 20k draw calls on consoles is coming from. 1:23 PM May 15th via web in reply to _Humus_
@_Humus_ Curiously is this comparing the APIs directly or including the "speed of light" you can do with libgcm or similar? 8:39 AM May 15th via web in reply to _Humus_