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From: Robert Swan <rs108@mdx.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Caches
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:11:04 +0100
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Craig Graham wrote:
> > So, I'm suggesting that the GPU draw time is significantly less when each
> chunk of the
> > sub-divided texture fits in the cache, outweighing the CPU overheads of
> packet creation and the
> > sub-division itself.

so can i draw the conclusion that when a draw texture command is reached
within the ordering table, then it automatically sticks the top left of
the texture from the vram into the texture cache(unless of course its
already got the same texture in it) and then doesnt move the stuff in
the texture cache again, so benefits from the cache only come when it is
drawing the top - left of the texture which happens to be in the cache?

wierd :)

Rob