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3dfx Hardware & Software => General Discussions => Topic started by: perer on 12 May 2004, 21:04:51

Title: HSR
Post by: perer on 12 May 2004, 21:04:51
I know the Voodoo4/5 drivers have HSR ( Hidden Surface Removal).
But would it be possible to take the voodoo4/5 HSR as an example and than implement it into Voodoo1/2/3????
Title: HSR
Post by: dborca on 13 May 2004, 08:06:19
QuoteOriginally posted by perer

I know the Voodoo4/5 drivers have HSR ( Hidden Surface Removal).
But would it be possible to take the voodoo4/5 HSR as an example and than implement it into Voodoo1/2/3????
HSR is a hoax.
Title: HSR
Post by: vykupitel on 14 May 2004, 19:16:58
Why?I'm curious if there should be any progress with HSR or if it is only useless feature?
Title: HSR
Post by: amp_man on 14 May 2004, 20:54:23
It's useless. 3dfx tried to implement it in the V4/5, but they never got anywhere. It didn't really help anything, and was so buggy that it caused more damage than good. It was more of a benchmark feature than anything else...It's been removed from most driver releases, because it's more bugs than anything else, and progress would likely be pointless.
Title: HSR
Post by: Blazkowicz on 15 May 2004, 12:05:24
it works with the quake series. you have to set r_finish 1 or gl_finish 1 or else it will go ugly and buggy
I think i had let me gain about 2 fps with FSAA 4x
anyway the feature is not that interesting, quake engines do themselves some HSR thanks to their BSP geometry
Title: HSR
Post by: Nightbird on 15 May 2004, 15:11:58
Quote3dfx tried to implement it in the V4/5, but they never got anywhere. It didn't really help anything, and was so buggy that it caused more damage than good
Was a beta feature in a beta driver and since, nobody worked on it, perhaps with good reason.
I tried it in glide on a Voodoo 5 with NFS3 ou NFS4 - i dont remember exactly - but the result was ''surprizing'' in aggressive tilings.



Title: HSR
Post by: perer on 19 May 2004, 15:21:08
Well I saw a review on it.
And with QUake3 there where  some big improvements!!!
Title: HSR
Post by: Obi-Wan Kenobi on 21 May 2004, 16:35:14
QuoteOriginally posted by perer

Well I saw a review on it.
And with QUake3 there where  some big improvements!!!
Okay, would you like to show me where tha was, I seem to have heard about it too, but that was a long time ago.

Would be nice to read that article again.;)

Update!!!

here is something about HSR in a Sharky Exteme'topic:

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/forums_spotlight/9/4.shtml

and here the other:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/3dfxhsrbeta/
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