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Falz · 03-31-2006, 03:55 AM

Okay I took the plunge and bought both sharks and goldfish 2.

But I still really, really, really want FSAA controls build in... and I hope I don't have to pay again for upgrade to version 3 or whatever...

Oh yeah, we need FSAA and triple buffering in all the screensavers. Triple buffering means smoothest framerates and lowest CPU usage (without using limit frames).

With vsync off, it will render as many frames as it can, so if you can manage 150 fps it will render that many. That's a waste of CPU and GPU power.

With Vsync on, it's spending a lot of time waiting for vsync.

With vsync on and triple buffer it's only rendering maximum frames of your refresh rate and running and smooth as possible. All you need to do is change backbuffercount from 1 to 2 in the code. Simple!

03-31-2006, 03:55 AM	#10
Falz Registered Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 118	Okay I took the plunge and bought both sharks and goldfish 2. But I still really, really, really want FSAA controls build in... and I hope I don't have to pay again for upgrade to version 3 or whatever... Oh yeah, we need FSAA and triple buffering in all the screensavers. Triple buffering means smoothest framerates and lowest CPU usage (without using limit frames). With vsync off, it will render as many frames as it can, so if you can manage 150 fps it will render that many. That's a waste of CPU and GPU power. With Vsync on, it's spending a lot of time waiting for vsync. With vsync on and triple buffer it's only rendering maximum frames of your refresh rate and running and smooth as possible. All you need to do is change backbuffercount from 1 to 2 in the code. Simple!