Re: gl display lists

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Jean-Claude Bachmann (jean-claude.bachmann++at++artemedia.de)
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:19:47 +0100

Angus Dorbie wrote:

> You may not see a performance win. Display lists are
> probably of most benefit on ONYX(1) iR or on single CPU
> systems where you run an APPCULL_o_DRAW processing model.
>
>

Could a knowing soul give an explanation for that. I thought display lists
reside on the graphics hardware, and wasexpecting some relief for the draw
process since it would only be necessary to activate a gl display list instead
of
transferring all the data to the hardware.

J.C.

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