Does any even use this
and does it have ANY advantages over ogl,dx9/11
and does it have ANY advantages over ogl,dx9/11
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03-18-2011, 11:22 AM
It is mainly for the developers for debugging and stuff, not for typical users.
03-18-2011, 12:49 PM
It's designed to be a reference for developers. If done correctly it has the potential for perfect accuracy. By doing everything in software you sacrifice the speed of hardware acceleration but you also don't have any limitations placed on you by an API, which allows you to emulate pretty much anything.
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 (03-18-2011, 12:49 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: It's designed to be a reference for developers. If done correctly it has the potential for perfect accuracy. By doing everything in software you sacrifice the speed of hardware acceleration but you also don't have any limitations placed on you by an API, which allows you to emulate pretty much anything. Cool 
03-18-2011, 11:36 PM
By Moore's law the software renderer should be the standard for Dolphin users in about 10 years
Specs: intel i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz;
16Gb RAM; Raedon HD 7900; Win8 64-Bit 03-19-2011, 08:42 AM
03-19-2011, 09:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-19-2011, 09:25 AM by NaturalViolence.)
Quote:By Moore's law the software renderer should be the standard for Dolphin users in about 10 years Unlikely unless multi-threading is implemented (not sure if it is but I don't think it is).
"Normally if given a choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I would do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done."
-Ron Swanson "I shall be a good politician, even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else for that matter. " -Mark Antony 03-20-2011, 05:54 PM
GSDX's mutlithreaded software rendering is about the same speed as hardware on my quad.
03-20-2011, 06:38 PM
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