Ramonra said:
koji2009 said:
Law said:
That 8 is is probably if you get really lucky. Does turning off 3D even do anything regarding saving power? I thought I read in a previous thread that the framerate would double which would mean the CPU would be doing the same amount of work anyway.
You're wrong... There is no doubling, the 3d isn't interleaved... It's progressive. That means that the system's refresh rate is ALWAYS 60hz... whether 3d is on or off. Whether a game runs at 30 or 60 or 15 fps is all up to the complexity of the game and the developers goal for the game... 3d on or not.
FPS lowering when in 3D mode has been confirmed on an interview.
Reading comprehension fail. Go back and reread the article carefully and tell me what it says.
Too lazy? All right, I'll tell you then. It said that when 3d is on there is a reduction in frames per second possible. This is a no brainer. The developer said that with 2d on they may get game A to run fully at 60fps, but if they then set it to 3d they have to drop the frame rate because of the strain on the system.... Think of it another way, say in 2d mode they have the same game running at 30fps, to make that now a 3d game they may have to drop the FPS to 15.
In other words, just like on the PS3 or a PC... the moment you render the same image twice, you're putting near double the workload on the video hardware and you can expect performance loss. That is not to say that it's impossible to get a full 3d game running at 60fps, only that it's harder than getting a 2d running at 60fps which shouldn't be a surprise at all.