Re: Best video card/driver for shading supprot

Wolfgang Draxinger <wdraxinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> fungus wrote:
>
> >
> http://www.delphi3d.net/hardware/extsupport.php?extension=GL_ARB_shading_language_100
> >
> > A 9800 can do it no problem, but I'm not sure
> > it's the "best".
>
> However only limited (no loops and conditional code).

I have one it works most often, the drivers have been alot better the
last years, but programming it is problematic due to "no loops and
conditional code" in hardware and a restricted number of instructions
means that the code will be unrolled and the number of instructions
will be to large and software emulated.

Stuff like noise3() can't be used, it's a pain and I'm thinking of buying
a new one, Nvidia seems to have catched up the performance.

Do the newer ATI cards have branching and loops?

/Dan
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