wined3d: Allow WINED3DFMT_R32F render targets

H. Verbeet hverbeet at gmail.com
Sun Oct 14 16:18:08 CDT 2007


On 14/10/2007, Chris Robinson <chris.kcat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 14 October 2007 02:57:35 am H. Verbeet wrote:
> > Unless the performance problems with R32F have been fixed, this will
> > cause performance regressions in applications that actually try to use
> > it. (C&C3 for example).
>
> Thinking some more, it's also possible that wined3d's too lax in reporting
> 32-bit float formats. GL's float extension requires both 32-bit and 16-bit
> formats (the half-float extension is only for uploading 16-bit float data)
> with all the blending effects. By contrast, D3D drivers may have supported
> 16-bit floats first, and not reported 32-bit floats until the hardware was
> powerful enough.
>
> Perhaps if 32-bit float formats aren't reported unless some other cap
> indicates newer hardware is present, it'll prevent apps from using 32-bit
> floats where it'd be a detriment to speed.
>
IIRC it's specifically R32F that's slow, while A32B32G32R32F should
work ok. Looking at the format table, perhaps that's just
GL_RGB32F_ARB vs GL_RGBA32F_ARB, not sure. If nobody else does, I can
try to look into that tomorrow.



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