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0 pointsgmueckl7y ago0 comments

You know that GPUs can dispatch work dynamically themselves to overcome this problem, right? So you totally can have one computation step determine how many instances it requires for the next one.

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pcwalton7y ago

Yes, it's possible, but why bother when the hardware can rasterize triangles in silicon? :)

gmuecklOP7y ago

Because it can't handle them in the prculiar fashion that was described? And it is worse for quads.

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pcwalton7y ago

Yes, it's possible, but why bother when the hardware can rasterize triangles in silicon? :)

gmuecklOP7y ago

Because it can't handle them in the prculiar fashion that was described? And it is worse for quads.

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