7.27 detonators support HSR

[kami]

not sure if this was posted yet, but check out this.
They'll be released in about 9 days it says.

edit: and 30% performance boost in Quake3. no direct3d support for the HSR.

 

[blurredvision]

Click here for your usual assortment of flaming and bitching. Have a nice day.

 

[Charles]

Yoohoo! 10 days? I'll wait!

 

[Modeps]

Whuts the big deal with HSR (and what the hell does it stand for?? )

 

[blurredvision]

HSR stands for Hidden Surface Removal, and the big deal is this:


<< 30% performance boost in Quake3 >>

......or more
theoretical at the moment, of course

 

[Modeps]

Charlie,
any links where it would explain it a bit more in detail as to the specifics of it, how it works etc?

 

[Packet]

Technically, what it is supposed to do is not render any object being covered up by another. Thus saving fillrate and memorybandwith.
As far as 3DFX's HSR (which may or may not be simmilar to what Nvidia is implementing), there are viaribale options of how much HSR you want. Probably how much has to be covered up before it is deamed as what should be unrendered. As such, the more you set it to remove the faster it goes, and the more chance that something will not be rendered that is visiable leaving artifacts.

 

[Modeps]

ok, so where can i pick these bad boys up?
(leaked or otherwise)