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#Three-Dee graphics

#: 33699 S7/ProgrammingForum unknown
    20-Sep-86 08:23:38
Fm: Bela Lubkin 73047,1112
To: Jez San @ Argonaut S/W 72247,3661

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"Hiden surface removal actually SPEEDS UP the graphics processing, because less lines are drawn" — is that true on the Amiga (where the blitter helps a bunch on line speed), or only on the ST? (That's an unfair question, because I'm sure it's hard to measure… how hard is it to reassemble the program to leave out the hidden line removal? If that's not so hard, it'd be interesting to see if the Amiga's greater line draw speed makes up for the additional lines that have to be drawn). – Bela