Is UltraShadow/gl_nv_depth_bounds possible on R420?

[Rolf N]

double post

 

[Rolf N]

Can be emulated still, with a multipass render and usage of the stencil buffer. Implementors might even opt for an extra "hidden" stencil bit per fragment to support this without breaking app transparence

Okay, this is getting silly. I just wanted to point out that there's a fine line between "correct implementation" and "good implementation", and that's obviously determined by performance. Even though I've made a fool of myself, I think this point still stands

 

[reever]

I see. It's really a pitty, I mean a "new" generation of chip and still 4-bit subpixel precision, cheating @ even bilinear (as 3Dcenter.de showed), no software-stencil-HSR. It's just pointless...
OK, no PS 3.0 no problem, but all the other "shortcuts"...

You know if you just made this thread as a medium to convey this message you could have just said it in the first post

 

[SirkoZ]

Oh, cry me a reever.

No, don't worry, I haven't.