From: Alexandre Naaman (naaman++at++laplace.engr.sgi.com)
Date: 12/16/2002 11:43:46
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Stevenson, Patrick wrote:
> Hello all,
> As we eagerly await the release of Performer 3.0 on Windows, I have some
> simple questions to ask. First, because I did not get to attend the demos
> of SIGGRAPH and IITSEC I wanted to know if some of the same high level
> features will exist in the Windows release such as support for multiple
> threads, CPU lock-down, and/or multi-pipe? Also, how does the performance
> compare with an Intel-based Linux version using the same hardware? Lastly,
> are the database loaders for the varied supported models (MultiGen, 3D
> Studio, etc.) going to be present?
>
Hi Pat,
The current version of Performer 3.0 on Windows does not support
multithreading (basically because fork() doesn't exist on Win32) and hence
CPU lock-down is kind of irrelevant. That being said, clipfly _does_ work
because the pfQueue stuff and the sproc() equivalents have been
implemented. But that's only a tiny part of the story ...
As far as performance is concerned, it should just as well as the Linux
version.
And finally, in the realm of file loaders, basically it's all there
(minus the Open Inventor loader.)
Hope that helps ...
A+,
Alexandre.
-- Alexandre Naaman - naaman++at++sgi.com
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