RE: pixel depth

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From: Don Tidrow (dtidrow++at++nvl.army.mil)
Date: 06/01/2000 14:18:07


My understanding is that there _could_ be a difference. If the application is
geometry-transform limited, than the framerate should be the same - if
fill-limited, then the 4 RM machine will most likely be faster.

On 01-Jun-2000 Luc Leblanc wrote:

> Hi.
> Let's say we have an Onyx 2 IR2 with 1 pipe (2 RMs) driving driving
> two channels at 1280x1024 (medium pixel depth: 512 bits per pixel)
> and another Onyx 2 IR2 with 1 pipe (4 RMs) driving two channels
> at 1280x1024 (large pixel depth: 1024 bits/pixel). Would there be
> a difference in performance (framerate) when the same software is run on
> both machines ?
> Thanks...
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