Steve Baker (sbaker++at++link.com)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:21:16 -0500 (CDT)
> > 3) Since stats collection (presumably) takes time, what is the
> > most efficient/minimum required stats collection modes for
> > stress management to work properly. Maybe PFSTATS_ENGFX
> > is overkill.
> >
> Yes, I think it is. Performer uses both
> PFFSTATS_ENPFTIMES (mode PFSTATS_ALL) and
> PFSTATSHW_ENGFXPIPE_TIMES (mode PFSTATSHW_GFXPIPE_TIMES_TOTAL)
> Probably it can cope only using the former, since HW stats aren't
> available on every platform, however, it's not going to be as
> accurate, since in that mode it can't differentiate between geometry
> and fill limitations. These modes are turned on by default when you
> create a channel.
OK, many thanks for your prompt reply - I'll give that a try.
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