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From: "Ben James" <meep42@clara.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GPU Timeout
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:14:15 +0100
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GPU timeouts can occur if there's rubbish being written to the primitive
buffers or overrunning the end. Just a thought.

"Chris Wallace" <chrisw666@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:a8sgu0$50d1@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> Hey all,
> I just added a new section to my game, which needed alot of the main code
to
> be edited and moved around and such and it hit a GPU timeout mid game. Ok,
> so it carried on after it, but a 15 secind pause is most defenatly not
> ideal.
> Just wondering what causes these as it occured in an unchanged section
when
> the new bit seems to be running fine!
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>