Trimesh-trimesh collider (was Re[2]:[ODE]Triangle-boxcollidercontribution) (going OT)

[Shaul Kedem]

Jon,
 Isn't that just because Intel is putting the extreme
3D on everything (and then ppl go out and buy real 3d
cards) ?

 Just a thought,
Shaul

--- Jon Watte <hplus-ode at mindcontrol.org> wrote:
> 
> > Most consumer pcs do run at the very minimum,
> transform and lighting. 
> > assuming that by consumer PCs you mean systems
> that are not business 
> > workstations or servers. 
> 
> Sorry, but U.S. Q4 2003 numbers from different
> sources show Intel Extreme 3D Graphics at between 30
> and 40% of the market. These all use the CPU for
> transform. And these are sold into homes -- they're
> the most affordable. This includes laptops, where
> the 855 seems to be the biggest seller.
> 
> If you're writing a game, and don't support the
> i845/i855/i865, you're losing out on a lot of the
> current software-buying market. This is for the U.S.
> 
> When it comes to installed base, rather than current
> sales, I think hardware transform is even less
> common. Lots of people have an old ATI Rage, or a
> TNT-2, or something like an S3 Savage. These were
> sold in stores as late as last year (except for the
> TNT-2). Also, on laptops, the ATI Radeon IGP has a
> reasonably deep penetration; that's also a part that
> lacks HT&L.
> 
> 
> I work with these numbers and these classes of
> hardware every day, so I'm fairly confident in these
> statements :-)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 			/ h+
> 
> 
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