render offload graphics with gpu?

[zehel]

Since emulation is putting a bigger strain in cpu maybe we could lighten the load by using the gpu for background graphics or even lessen the color depth for better performance...

[stodag]

Im sure optimisation is being made

[VIRGIN KLM]

(03-24-2013 06:33 PM)zehel Wrote:  ...or even lessen the color depth for better performance...

Wouldn't help. The only way to do that is converting from 24bit to 16bit which would make speed if not equal a tiny bit worse.

[laugher]

I wonder if emulating B&W colors only will improve vps :/

[VIRGIN KLM]

(03-26-2013 04:36 PM)laugher Wrote:  I wonder if emulating B&W colors only will improve vps :/

Nope it will make it worse, you involve a colorspace convertion there.

[xsacha]

It's actually easier to render stuff as it is given than converting it because that adds extra processing.

Making it 16-bit / 24-bit / whatever is only useful for reducing VRAM usage. But for that, we could just use compression (like ETC1).