Context: Previously I used the CPU for rendering pixelart graphics, but then I realized I could not only render to a low-res texture that I then upscale, but also write a shader to do color lookup.

  • @Valmond
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    214 hours ago

    Got any examples of how it looks?

    • @ZILtoid1991OP
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      313 hours ago

      These are all CPU rendered when they were made, but this is how the benchmark looks on the Raspberry Pi 400 (heavily handicapped by the memory bandwidth):

      • @ZILtoid1991OP
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        313 hours ago

        GUI example, with real bitmap fonts and CPU drawn windows:

        GUI drawing algorithms will remain on the CPU, then I just upstream any changes finalized to the GPU.