DON''T INSULT MY G-FORCE4 MX420 64M!!!

can someone give me some of your programs with the frame rate shown?
i will see if it''s a problem in my program...

150 is extremely low for two polygons on a non-T&L card, much less a GeForce4. What is the framerate when you draw nothing and only clear the screen each frame? And how are you measuring/reporting the framerate? It could be your framerate counter is wrong.

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[edited by - CGameProgrammer on April 28, 2003 9:40:55 AM]

First of all, any geforce MX is just pitiful. Seriously, check the benchmarks. For a couple more bucks you can get a TI 4200 which is easily 2 times as fast (Maybe more for certain cases).

As to the 150FPS, I once had a really odd problem when programming for the game boy advance. No matter what I drew on the back buffer, when I flipped at the vsync, it would never show up. It turned out that the loop was going fast enough to flip twice while the hardware was on the same retrace line. I figure it is the same way with PC hardware. It is certainly possible that the scene could be drawn twice while the CRT is in vertical retrace, which would explain being locked in multiples!

here is the full source code...
just look on DrawFrame() and Init3D()



#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d8.h>
#include <d3dx8.h>
#include <stdio.h>
//Window Variables
HWND g_hWnd;
HINSTANCE g_hInst;
const w_Width=800;
const w_Height=600;

RECT rect={0,0,400,400};
//Direct3D Variables
IDirect3D8 *g_D3D = NULL; //object
IDirect3DDevice8 *g_D3DDevice = NULL; //device
IDirect3DVertexBuffer8 *g_VB = NULL; //vertex buffer
IDirect3DTexture8 *g_D3DTexture =NULL;//Texture
ID3DXFont *g_pFont = NULL;

//Vertex
typedef struct
{

FLOAT x, y, z; // 3-D coordinates
float tu,tv; // Diffuse color component
} sVertex;

float xr=0,yr=0;

char Debug[10];
long FPS_LastCheck;
long FPS_Count;
int FPS_Current;






//Prototypes
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, LPSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow);
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd,UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
BOOL Init3D();
DrawFrame();
Terminate();


int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, LPSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX wcex;
MSG Msg;
g_hInst = hInst;



wcex.cbSize = sizeof(wcex);
wcex.style = CS_CLASSDC;
wcex.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
wcex.cbClsExtra = 0;
wcex.cbWndExtra = 0;
wcex.hInstance = hInst;
wcex.hIcon = NULL;
wcex.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wcex.hbrBackground = NULL;
wcex.lpszMenuName = NULL;
wcex.lpszClassName = "Ilan";
wcex.hIconSm = NULL;
if(!RegisterClassEx(&wcex))
return FALSE;

g_hWnd = CreateWindow("Ilan",NULL,
WS_BORDER,
0, 0, 400, 400,
NULL, NULL,
hInst, NULL );
if(!g_hWnd)
return FALSE;

ShowWindow(g_hWnd, SW_NORMAL);
UpdateWindow(g_hWnd);
if (Init3D()==FALSE)
{
MessageBox(NULL,"FAILED","ERROR",MB_OK);
return FALSE;
}


ZeroMemory(&Msg, sizeof(MSG));
while(Msg.message != WM_QUIT)
{




if(PeekMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
{
TranslateMessage(&Msg);
DispatchMessage(&Msg);
}
DrawFrame();
if(GetAsyncKeyState(27))
Terminate();

}
UnregisterClass("Ilan", hInst);

return Msg.wParam;




}



LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd,UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(uMsg)
{
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);

return 0;

}

return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
}

BOOL Init3D()
{
ShowCursor(FALSE);

//D3DCREATE
if ((g_D3D=Direct3DCreate8(D3D_SDK_VERSION))==NULL)
return FALSE;

//DISPLAYMODE
D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm;
d3ddm.Width=w_Width;
d3ddm.Height=w_Height;
d3ddm.RefreshRate=0;
d3ddm.Format=D3DFMT_R5G6B5;
//D3DPRESENT PARAMETERS
D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS d3dpp;
ZeroMemory(&d3dpp,sizeof(d3dpp));
d3dpp.Windowed=FALSE;
d3dpp.SwapEffect=D3DSWAPEFFECT_FLIP;
d3dpp.FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz=D3DPRESENT_RATE_DEFAULT;
d3dpp.FullScreen_PresentationInterval=D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
d3dpp.BackBufferFormat=d3ddm.Format;
d3dpp.BackBufferWidth=d3ddm.Width;
d3dpp.BackBufferHeight=d3ddm.Height;

//CREATE DEVICE and RESETING
if (FAILED(g_D3D->CreateDevice(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT,D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,g_hWnd,D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING,&d3dpp,&g_D3DDevice)))
return FALSE;
//Creating the Vertex and stuff
sVertex Verts[8]=
{
{-100.0f, 100.0f, 100.0f,0.0f,0.0f},
{ 100.0f, 100.0f, 100.0f,1.0f,0.0f},
{-100.0f,-100.0f, 100.0f,0.0f,1.0f},
{ 100.0f,-100.0f, 100.0f,1.0f,1.0f},

{-100.0f, 100.0f,-100.0f,0.0f,0.0f},
{ 100.0f, 100.0f,-100.0f,1.0f,0.0f},
{-100.0f,-100.0f,-100.0f,0.0f,1.0f},
{ 100.0f,-100.0f,-100.0f,1.0f,1.0f}

};
if (FAILED(g_D3DDevice->CreateVertexBuffer(sizeof(sVertex)*8,0,D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_TEX1,D3DPOOL_MANAGED,&g_VB)))
return FALSE;
BYTE *ptr;
if (SUCCEEDED(g_VB->Lock(0,0,(BYTE**)&ptr,0)))
{
memcpy(ptr,Verts,sizeof(Verts));
g_VB->Unlock();
}

//VIEW
D3DXMATRIX matView;
D3DXVECTOR3 vecVP,vecTP,vecUp(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);
vecVP.x=0.0f;
vecVP.y=0.0f;
vecVP.z=-700.0f;
vecTP.x=vecTP.y=vecTP.z=0.0f;
D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(&matView,&vecVP,&vecTP,&vecUp);
g_D3DDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_VIEW, &matView);
//PROJECTION
D3DXMATRIX matProj;
D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH(&matProj, D3DX_PI/4.0f,(float)w_Width/ (float)w_Height, 1.0f, 1000.0f);
g_D3DDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_PROJECTION, &matProj);
g_D3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING, FALSE);
g_D3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ZENABLE, FALSE);
g_D3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_CULLMODE, D3DCULL_NONE);
//Testure
D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(g_D3DDevice,"texture.bmp",&g_D3DTexture);

LOGFONT Font;
ZeroMemory(&Font, sizeof(Font));
strcpy(Font.lfFaceName, "Arial");
Font.lfHeight = -32;
D3DXCreateFontIndirect(g_D3DDevice, &Font, &g_pFont);


return TRUE;
}

DrawFrame()
{
D3DXMATRIX matWorld;


g_D3DDevice->Clear(0,NULL,D3DCLEAR_TARGET,D3DCOLOR_RGBA(0,0,0,255),1.0f,0);

g_D3DDevice->BeginScene();
{

g_D3DDevice->SetStreamSource(0,g_VB,sizeof(sVertex));
g_D3DDevice->SetVertexShader(D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_TEX1);

D3DXMatrixIdentity(&matWorld);
g_pFont->DrawText(Debug, -1, &rect, DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER,D3DCOLOR_RGBA(255,0,0,255) );


g_D3DDevice->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD,&matWorld);










g_D3DDevice->EndScene();
}

g_D3DDevice->Present(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);

sprintf(Debug,"%i",FPS_Current);


if (GetTickCount() - FPS_LastCheck >= 1000)
{

FPS_Current = FPS_Count ;//We check every 1/10 of a second, so we scale it up....
FPS_Count = 0;// reset the counter
FPS_LastCheck = GetTickCount();
}

FPS_Count = FPS_Count + 1;



return TRUE;
}

Terminate()
{
ShowCursor(TRUE);

if(g_VB != NULL)
g_VB->Release();

if(g_D3D != NULL)
g_D3D->Release();
PostQuitMessage(0);
return FALSE;
}


[edited by - ilankt on April 28, 2003 10:08:36 AM]

1) FPS is framecount divided by time. In other words you can make an improvement by saying:

FPS_Current = int( 1000 * float(FPS_Count) / float(GetTickCount() - FPS_LastCheck) );

The 1000 counters the fact that we're dividing by milliseconds. With this code you can update the framerate every second, every 1/10 of a second, every 10 frames, whatever. The code will still remain unchanged.

2) GetTickCount() is an imprecise function. You need to use QueryPerformanceCounter() and QueryPerformanceFrequency(). Search these forums or Google for tutorials on using them to get framerate.

These suggestions will make your framerate counter accurate but honestly it doesn't seem that they alone are the reason for your framerate. I suggest setting the vertex-buffer creation flags to D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY and use hardware vertex processing instead of software.

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[edited by - CGameProgrammer on April 28, 2003 11:22:24 AM]

Code looks ok. I don''t see any obvious bottlenecks(like initializing vertex buffers inside the loop or excessive use of SetTexture).

150 does seem low. On my GeForce2TI, without rendering anything, I get 200-300 FPS. With a full terrain (2000+ tris), skydome(200tris), and an MD2 model (800 tris) I get over 100 FPS and my code is abhorant!

Have you tried upgrading the drivers on your video card? This can make a huge difference in performance.

bpopp (bpopp.net)