HyperZ
HyperZ is the brand for a set of processing techniques developed by ATI Technologies and later Advanced Micro Devices and implemented in their Radeon-GPUs. HyperZ was announced in November 2000 and was still available in the TeraScale-based Radeon HD 2000 Series and in current Graphics Core Next-based graphics products.
On the Radeon R100-based cores, Radeon DDR through 7500, where HyperZ debuted, ATI claimed a 20% improvement in overall rendering efficiency. They stated that with HyperZ, Radeon could be said to offer 1.5 gigatexels per second fillrate performance instead of the card's apparent theoretical rate of 1.2 gigatexels. In testing it was shown that HyperZ did indeed offer a tangible performance improvement that allowed the less endowed Radeon to keep up with the less efficient GeForce 2 GTS.
Functionality
HyperZ consists of three mechanisms:
Podcasts:
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by Shriekback
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by In-quest
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by Living Syndication
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by Skiploader
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by Lamented Souls
Hubris
by: ShriekbackHoly and separate
Fading as I fade
Sicky embellishment
Traitor at my gate
Is golden with my pain
Is sweeter than my breath
The spoilt child of my love
Could never detect love
My hubris, my hubris: what could ever dream like this
My hubris: what could ever sting like this
Hopeless possession
The splendour of nightmare
Sacred infection
Wholly indelible
Pure as my cruelty
All heart and silence
As weak as this cold light
It feels as I feel
My hubris, my hubris: what could ever dream like this
My hubris: what could ever sting like this
My hubris, my hubris: what could ever dream like this
My hubris, my hubris: what could ever sting like this
My hubris, my hubris: what could ever sting like this