Believe me I understand the point as the project I am on has a constraint much lower that a 500Mhz processor ( a P166 with 64MB of RAM...now that is sloooooow ).
My point was that moving forward, say a year from now and the difference in performance will seem even less important. Indeed, with each passing year and new generation of chips the performance arguement loses strength. After all, just how many frames do you need to have per second anyway? >From: Jacob Marner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Discussion list for Java 3D API <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] ANNOUNCE: Evaluating Java for Game Development >Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:15:41 +0100 > >Hi Darren, > >Funnily enough, most e-mails I get concerning my report >says the exact opposite. Many complain that I >make performance appear too unimportant. > >Here is an except from a mail I got about 3 hours ago: > >(I will let the mailer be anonymous since he don't know I >use his text here - but I know who he is) > > > Our game (which is supposed to ship in about 3-4 months) has to run > > on a minimum platform of a 500 MHz PentiumII/III class processor. > > A slowdown of 40% would make this 700 MHz, and our publisher would kill >us for >it. > >I think this speaks for itself. > >I am not saying you are wrong, I am just saying that whether >performance is important depends heavily on the project in >question. (as it is said in my report) > >Jacob > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Darrin Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 20:04 >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] ANNOUNCE: Evaluating Java for Game Development > > > > FWIW, > > > > I like many here coded in C++ for a number of years. I once thought >that > > performance was one of the most important characteristics. Back then, >it > > was given the hardware. Today, with Pentium 4 PC's over 2000Mhz and AMD > > chips just as fast, does it still make sense to worry about the >difference > > in performance between C++ and Java? > > > > Heck, by the time the software is written for a large game project the >new > > CPU's will be twice as fast as they are today, and the 3D cards at least >as > > fast as the difference between Java and C++ (which seems to be about 50% >for > > optimized code). > > > > > > > > > > >From: Jacob Marner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Discussion list for Java 3D API ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] ANNOUNCE: Evaluating Java for Game Development > > >Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:35:32 +0100 > > > > > >Hi Rob, > > > > > >In that benchmark the timer is started after the scene is built and > > >stopped after the last frame is drawn. The graphs shown in the > > >report is when I timed how long it took to draw 3000 frames with > > >vertical sync switched off, using the same driver and same > > >screen mode / color depths. > > > > > >So, in answer to your question, yes that is what is measured. > > > > > > > > > > Jacob, > > > > > > > > In your paper "Evaluating Java for Game Devlopment"you compare the >speed > > >of > > > > OpenGl and Java 3D by measuring the time it takes to create a >virtual > > >world > > > > consisting of several thousand boxes. Please excuse my naivety, but >is > > >the > > > > time in seconds simply a measure of how long it takes to get the > > >graphics on > > > > the screen after complialation? > > > > > > > > Rob Elsam > > > > > > > > > > > >=========================================================================== > > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in >the > > >body > > > > of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". 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