O'clock QUESTION !!!

[ssa]

Hay, men !

What the hell is that WARP CLOCK ?

I know what is CORE & MEMORY clock, but
what about this one.
Thanks.

[Ant]

It's the clock that controls the WARP engine (seriously). She cannie tek no more cap'n.

[Scytale]

These are the voyages of the starship Anterprise. Murc out.

[Smiff]

I'm trying to think of a witty reply...oh i give up

What's a WARP engine do then? I was wondering this myself...not enougth actually bother asking, but mildy curious all the same

oh btw ssa there are women around these parts too, guys have even been known to find that special some1 right here in this forum

[Smiff]

I've gone and overdone the smileys again haven't I?

[DuRaNgO]

no I don't think so
jim

[Smiff]

That's actually kind of creepy Jim....

...all those little faces winking at me in perfect unison. Think "Eugenics". Think "Holocaust".

Wanna see something really disturbing? WARNING THIS IS NOT A JOKE, ITS REALLY UNPLEASANT http://user.mc.net/dougp/ahm/cor1.htm

That's the trouble with the net. One minute your happily dicussing graphics cards and the next you stumble upon that.

[kjliew]

WARP is the triangle setup engine inside the G200/G400 core. That's all I can tell you. I'm not a 3D programmer.

And, I'm rather confused sometimes. From the articles which I read in the past, I was told that 3D processing takes 3 major stages, Geometry Transform, Triangle Setup, and Rasterization. Geometry Transform(is it the same as T&L?) is FP-intensive while Triangle Setup is integer-based. However, most current mass 3D accelerators are using FP-engine for triangle setup. Matrox WARP is an example.

Perhaps someone with better understanding of 3D programming will clear the confusion here.