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gerbick
2011-09-03 , 23:04
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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
To me, Tegra2 is much worse than OMAP or any other Cortex ARM8 or 9 SoC's due to its weak multimedia capability. (especially pointing to high profile H264 video support) OMAP 4430 used on LG Optimus 3D is as fast or faster than Galaxy S2 in terms of 3D graphics and runs all the same games. So there is no real difference. It's just that OMAP isn't used as much as Tegra2 or Qualcomm right now that's all. But that doesn't mean it's less capable at all.
So far, you somehow took my rant about modern 3D games and made it about video. Too bad the N900 with OMAP couldn't play higher than 720p mkv files without dropping frames - if it could play those files at all.

For the record, video != 3D graphics.

The chipset capabilities, while tied together, are not intrinsically connected in regards to 3D graphics and video. Dedicated chips can help with decoding of video. Good drivers can promote 3D gaming. So far, neither were truly evident on the OMAP based N900.

I get what you're saying, but being capable versus having enough put in place to entice more than just one developer to perhaps think about doing it are two different things.

The stuff I've seen on the N900, in terms of modern 3D gaming - and I don't mean ****ing Quake II - is lagging behind everything else out there for the most part.

Agree that it doesn't equate capability. Disagree on the slide from 3D gaming to video and the N900 wasn't that capable either. I have no idea about the LG though - no experience.
Last edited by gerbick; 2011-09-03 at 23:07.
 

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