@Kicko

Jupp3 was meaning "make a (new) minigl that will do
minigl->mesa3D->gallium3D"
instead of
minigl->Warp3D
(as most of the games/apps/demos call minigl so dont call Warp3D directly so will still works with such a wrapper)

but as gallium3D is not available for OS4 ... so off topic :-/

> "apps/demos/games that requires warp3D normally"
I dont know if there are much os4 apps/demos/games that call Warp3D directly...

Anyway I think that using directly Warp3D is more a true demo-scene-coder way

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@thellier

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minigl->mesa3D->gallium3D

That looks like slow implementation, way not just stick every thing on gallium3D, as this is the new low level 3d drivers.

Way not:

mesa3D->gallium3D
minigl->gallium3D
Warp3D->gallium3D

instead of

minigl->Warp3D

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You're probably right as I have no clue but love the fact progress is being made

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@NutsAboutAmiga

>That looks like slow implementation, way not just stick every thing on gallium3D
Because minigl and mesa3d are almost the same api (=OpenGL) so doing minigl->mesa3D is almost doing nothing (just convert an Aros library api to an OS4 interface) this kind of wrapping will not use ressources

>mesa3D->gallium3D
This one exist now in Aros
>minigl->gallium3D
much difficult for certainly no speed gain against the minigl->mesa3D->gallium3D solution
>Warp3D->gallium3D
I agree it may be interesting for demo coders .... but very hard to do
Gallium3D is a low level 3D driver so looks like Warp3D
but Gallium3D use shaders for all so will need to write shader-code to implement standard blend functions,fog,zbuffer,gouraud,etc.. to emulate Warp3D

Anyway this is just my opinion and I am not an OS4 dev.... so I just wait & see ...


Alain

@NutsAboutAmiga

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NutsAboutAmiga wrote: Way not: mesa3D->gallium3D minigl->gallium3D Warp3D->gallium3D

Unfortunately, it's not that simple. If you transition completely to Gallium3D in the simplistic manner you suggest above, then all those with anything less than R300 are done for.

Personally, I think the way forward is to turn Warp3D into an abstract factory which, depending on the availability of Gallium3D initialises one of two different versions. The existing one for all those with hardware unsupported by Gallium3D and a wrapper version for those with. This would be a library level abstraction. Clients would open Warp3D.library as they do now, but what ultimately ends up implementing the IWarp3D interface is decided internally.

A similar approach could be made for a newer MiniGL implementation, which would either talk to Gallium3D directly or Warp3D, depending on what is available.

Something like this: http://extropia.co.uk/img/os4_concurrent_3d.png

-edit-
It's an old diagram, Cube2 is not a good example application - you'd want to compile that against something like Mesa as an interface to Gallium3D, but I digress. The point is that you provide a replacement for MiniGL that can adapt to either Warp3D or Gallium for applications that aren't statically linked to older versions of it.
-/edit-

Although the diagram suggests multiple layers (to indicate dependency / selection), in reality, an actual implementation could directly patch the library interface such that openers of (new) MiniGL or Warp3D are talking directly to the implementation that was selected when the library was first opened and the check for Gallium3D support was made.

Not that it matters especially as interface calls aren't particularly slow anyway.

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Will Warp3D for Radeon HD live up to my expectations ?

Using Windows Passmark 3D scores comparing various Video cards :

Some current cards for a Baseline

Radeon 9250 = 1
Radeon 9800XT= 181

Some Radeon HD cards that will be supported by Warp3D for Radeon HD cards

Radeon HD6350=205
Radeon HD5450=234
Radeon HD6450=293
Radeon HD5550=455
Radeon HD5570=704
Radeon HD6570=748
Radeon HD6670=1043
Radeon HD5670=1056
Radeon HD6770=1667
Radeon HD6850=2213

Some Radeon HD cards in use but not supported by Warp3D for Radeon HD cards

Radeon X1300=138
Radeon HD4350=179
Radeon HD4550=244
Radeon HD4650=349
Radeon HD4670=534
Radeon HD4850=1043
Radeon HD4890=1515

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@Spectre660

Gallium/mesa wont give these sorts of performance figures. In a best case scenario expect somewhere in the middle between warp3d and the figures you've quoted. Also, the best performing cards under gallium/mesa are those that are about 2-3 years old. Theoretical hardware speed doesnt apply here as a gpu needs good driver support, and it takes time to reverse engineer newer hardware.

There's benchmark figures out there if a person is interested enough to check them out, although deduct a little from them as even X1000 is quite slow compared to the sorts of hardware that these benchmarks are typically done with.

Even so, gallium/mesa can give reasonable results that are enough for users of systems whose software base is significantly behind what is available for mainstream systems (ie. no need for the power to play Crysis2/3, etc.).

Last edited by fishy_fis on 03-Apr-2013 at 01:47 AM.

here my old test with gallium and nvidia driver on linux mint

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=35363&forum=9#658104

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I do not expect PC performance on Amiga NG machines.
I am gathering data to see the ratio of performace across the various cards in the Windows world. We can then see how it is across the same cards under the new Warp3d drivers and across different OS4.x machines.The big question is how much faster than a Radeon 9250 will a Radeon HD540 be and what level above that will each category of HD5xxx and HD6xxx cards be on Amiga NG machines .

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@Spectre660

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I am gathering data to see the ratio of performace across the various cards in the Windows world

Why?

Not only will absolute performance be different between Windows and Warpd3D, but also relative performance.

Warp3D is, essentially, a simple triangle renderer. It supports what 3D cards did roughly 15 years ago.
Modern 3D cards do triangle rendering almost as an afterthought. They spend the vast majority of the resources on stuff that's at a considerably higher level of abstraction, all the way to modelling physics of movement. And, of course, modern 3D benchmarks measure their performance doing those things.

Warp3D won't be making use of any of those resources. So whether a particular card has 5 vertex shaders or 5000 makes no difference whatsoever to Warp3D.

@Seiya

The Geforce FX 5900XT would have a Windows Passmark G3D score of less than 33.

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Seiya wrote: here my old test with gallium and nvidia driver on linux mint

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@Spectre660

Sure, but part of my point was that under Gallium/mesa newer doesnt always mean faster. In fact usually newer means slower as drivers havent matured yet.
A geforce 8400gs is much faster than a gf 570gtx under gallium/mesa for example, despite the latter being 5 or so years newer and dozens of times more powerful hardware. The same applies for AMD hardware.

You simply cant make comparisons using mainstream systems as a reference.

edit: ah, sorry, despite warp3d being in the thread title I've been focusing on mesa/gallium.

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@umisef

Thanks for the explanation.

As to the why, I like to compare numbers to keep my mind active.


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umisef wrote: @Spectre660 Quote: I am gathering data to see the ratio of performace across the various cards in the Windows world Why? Not only will absolute performance be different between Windows and Warpd3D, but also relative performance. Warp3D is, essentially, a simple triangle renderer. It supports what 3D cards did roughly 15 years ago. Modern 3D cards do triangle rendering almost as an afterthought. They spend the vast majority of the resources on stuff that's at a considerably higher level of abstraction, all the way to modelling physics of movement. And, of course, modern 3D benchmarks measure their performance doing those things. Warp3D won't be making use of any of those resources. So whether a particular card has 5 vertex shaders or 5000 makes no difference whatsoever to Warp3D.

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@Spectre660

Will Warp3D for Radeon HD live up to my expectations ?

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@Plexus

When you get it let me know.
In my case I currently have 5 Radeon HD cards that will support Warp3D for Radeon HD and two NG Sams . So I will be able to see for myself.

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@mr2

Just out gunned.

By the way do you know how hard it is to find a new pci 9250 dual voltage card now?


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@Spectre660

I bought mine from Amazon couple months ago, it wasn't hard or expensive.

@Spectre660

Yes Amazon, there are some offers. Some of them are 5V but the rest are dual voltage...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=9250+pci

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