Drobe :: The archives
About Drobe | Contact | RSS | Twitter | Tech docs | Downloads | BBC Micro

Reply to thread

Certainly 3D stuff should help a lot. However it is worth pointing out that we still had trouble performance-wise with old games on the Iyonix. As many may know, we have a mostly complete port of F16 which has been optimised a reasonable amount by several coders over the years. It ran well on a Pentium90 class machine (if I recall, I may be wrong), but we still struggled to get an average about 10fps on an Iyonix. That is why that project never really went much further. Obviously hardware 3D opens up lots of possibilities, but 3D without CPU is always going to be a problem for ported titles. Games are notorious for pushing all aspects of a system, and I think we'll struggle.

is a RISC OS Userarawnsley on 21/9/05 5:41PM
[ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Please login before posting a comment. Use the form on the right to do so or create a free account.

Search the archives

Today's featured article

  • NetSurf bags GBP10K investment from Google
    Four uni coders lined up to improve web browser
     35 comments, latest by tlsa on 24/11/08 4:19PM. Published: 21 Apr 2008

    • Random article

  • ARM powered mug on eBay
    Don't let the fact it's a RISCy buy put you off. Get your piece of RISC OS history
     Discuss this. Published: 21 Sep 2001

    • Useful links

    News and media:
    Iconbar • MyRISCOS • ArcSite • RISCOScode • ANS • C.S.A.Announce • Archive • Qercus • RiscWorld • Drag'n'Drop • GAG-News

    Top developers:
    RISCOS Ltd • RISC OS Open • MW Software • R-Comp • Advantage Six • VirtualAcorn

    Dealers:
    CJE Micros • APDL • Castle • a4 • X-Ample • Liquid Silicon • Webmonster

    Usergroups:
    WROCC • RONE • NKACC • IRUG • SASAUG • ROUGOL • RONWUG • MUG • WAUG • GAG • RISCOS.be

    Useful:
    RISCOS.org.uk • RISCOS.org • RISCOS.info • Filebase • Chris Why's Acorn/RISC OS collection • NetSurf

    Non-RISC OS:
    The Register • The Inquirer • Apple Insider • BBC News • Sky News • Google News • xkcd • diodesign

    © 1999-2009 The Drobe Team. Some rights reserved, click here for more information
    Powered by MiniDrobeCMS, based on J4U | Statistics
    "..your knowledge seems to be below par"
    Page generated in 0.0163 seconds.