How to know if the fps is acceptable for the video card?
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I know it is quite impossible because of the different style of code but any estimation? I have a nvidia 8600 gts and I loaded 1000 md2 that has 355,000 triangles overall. It crawls at 6 fps. How can I know if it is acceptable for the video card?
BTW, I'm implementing a VBO for my md2 class but I'm experiencing a problem with the triangle fan and stips. If anyone can give me some tips on how to fix it. please tell me. thanks
I'm not sure what you mean by "acceptable for the video card". A video card is willing to accept a wide range of framerates. 6 FPS is probably not acceptable for the user, though, so you'll need to fix that. [smile]
If you're not using VBOs, what are you using to render? Please tell me it's not glBegin/glEnd.
If you're not using VBOs, what are you using to render? Please tell me it's not glBegin/glEnd.
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What I mean there is, if the fps is the maximum fps that the video card can render on that triangle count.
Right now, it is glBegin/glEnd because I follow this Here. I know how to use the glDrawArrays but the problem is the freaking glcommands on the md2 file. I don't know if I'll use a for loop with if and else inside for the glcommand and call the glDrawArrays depending on the if and else output(strip/fan). But the problem is I call glDrawArrays many times. Is it fine?
Right now, it is glBegin/glEnd because I follow this Here. I know how to use the glDrawArrays but the problem is the freaking glcommands on the md2 file. I don't know if I'll use a for loop with if and else inside for the glcommand and call the glDrawArrays depending on the if and else output(strip/fan). But the problem is I call glDrawArrays many times. Is it fine?
One thing to remember is that when hardware companies are doing their benchmarks for tri counts, they usually run degenerate triangles so its not a very good measure to hold up to your program.
Quote:Original post by DarkBalls
What I mean there is, if the fps is the maximum fps that the video card can render on that triangle count.
That's totally irrelevant data. No matter what you do you'll never get anywhere near the theoretical max framerate for a given triangle count because of texturing, lighting, post-effects, logic performance, etc. It's not even worth knowing what that number is; it's totally meaningless for practical purposes.
The method is: the game needs to run at least 30FPS, and 60FPS if you can get it there. If your game is above that, then you're fine. If it's below that, you need to optimize your code.
Normally you want to vsync anyway to avoid tearing, and few people can notice the difference between 60 fps and greater than 60FPS.
-me
Quote:Original post by DarkBallsShort answer: No.
What I mean there is, if the fps is the maximum fps that the video card can render on that triangle count.
Quote:Right now, it is glBegin/glEnd
And that's what's slowing you down. It's not the graphics card at all. It's the load you're putting on the rest of your computer from all those glVertex calls.
Quote:I don't know if I'll use a for loop with if and else inside for the glcommand and call the glDrawArrays depending on the if and else output(strip/fan). But the problem is I call glDrawArrays many times. Is it fine?These days it's not generally worthwhile to use triangle strips/fans. Just render the model as a single triangle list.
What about preprocessing the whole model? Walking through each frame and split it into two arrays, one containing the data for the triangle strip parts, the other containing the data for the triangle fan parts.
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Oops. I thought there's a specific triangle count per second on each card.
So it means I just use the GL_TRIANGLES in glDrawArrays? I try doing that but it is not right. Do I need to compute everything and arrange it to make it work? I don't have any clue really.
@baw
Yeah, that's what I'm planning to do know. I'll put it on the LoadMD2 function and call two glDrawArrays in the render, one for the strip and fan. Hope it works.
Quote:These days it's not generally worthwhile to use triangle strips/fans. Just render the model as a single triangle list.
So it means I just use the GL_TRIANGLES in glDrawArrays? I try doing that but it is not right. Do I need to compute everything and arrange it to make it work? I don't have any clue really.
@baw
Yeah, that's what I'm planning to do know. I'll put it on the LoadMD2 function and call two glDrawArrays in the render, one for the strip and fan. Hope it works.
Quote:Original post by DarkBallsYes, you'll need to take your strips and fans and split them into triangles. Moreover, if you're concerned about performance, you shouldn't be using glDrawArrays, but rather glDrawElements (that is, drawing indexed primitives).
Do I need to compute everything and arrange it to make it work?
Quote:Original post by Sneftel
Yes, you'll need to take your strips and fans and split them into triangles.
That's not necessary in the case of md2. How to draw the triangle strips and fans is just additional info, which is holding the idices of the vertices.
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