I apologize. I jumped the gun. I just felt that it was maybe a trend because of the 2D cap on the Droid 2.1u1 and then the 2D and GL cap on the EVO.
So this is an OEM-opted limit then and is not going to be standard as part of the platform? If so, that's a much better situation IMO. On May 28, 11:25 am, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a difference between "new phones" and "the HTC EVO 4G." It is > certainly not the goal of the Android team to ship devices locked at > 30 FPS. Our target was, is and will be 60 FPS. > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just did some testing on my EVO and found that my GL games are now > > locked to 30FPS. It doesn't make me particularly happy because even > > though 30fps should be fine, for some reason they look choppier. > > Perhaps the timing code to cap at 30FPS isn't as refined as it should > > be and the delays are a bit inconsistent. > > > I know the decision had good intentions but it doesn't feel like the > > right way to do it. It seems kind of like an arbitrary way to save > > power. Most of my games are stuck at 35-40 any way because they are > > fill-bound on the GPU so the 30fps cap only saves maybe 15-30% of > > cycles. > > > My prediction - many games will add more visually or new games will be > > developed more inefficiently as the target is no longer 60FPS but is > > now going to become 30FPS. Power savings will be negated and less > > efficient games will be the norm for Android. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
