On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 10:39:23AM -0600, Jens Owen wrote: > I've heard you and others talk about triple buffering a few times, and > I'm wondering if you can fill me in on a few details. Is the primary > motivation for a 3rd buffer to aliviate delays associated with vertical > refresh? Using a page swapping method, I would guess the pointers for > front, back and display buffer would look like:
Yes, that is a very nice summary of triple buffering. You've also caught on to the potential problem with it. If your frame rate exceeds your refresh rate, you're toast. -- Smile! http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990315.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
