Legacy GPU:
Older driver will be broken.
Still supported GPU:
Please upgrade to the latest AMD driver 16.5.2 or 16.5.3 (and prey that future driver will still work)
Potential issue
* miss a default value
* Renderer is DX9 again on windows
* Case issue
* Same default for all code paths
* overload of GetConfig
v2: separate specific OS option
Windows Vista onwards provides application specific volume controls, and
the local volume feature only interferes with it. Any volume adjusting
stuff probably belongs in SPU2-X.
Closes#629
The code wasn't used, and generally low level hooks should be avoided
since they affect the responsiveness of all applications. On Windows 7
and later, the hooks may also be silently removed if they timeout, which
could be possible under heavy load.
The close hacks don't work with PCSX2 - the WM_CLOSE message can't
actually be triggered for the rendering window. The hacks were also
designed as a workaround for some PSX emulator close window bugs, which
don't affect us.
Enable it to ensure correct rendering (FMV)
Disable it to reduce GPU/memory requirement
Option will likely be removed when the perf impact will be reduced.
* Fast accurate DATE is always enabled, it was faster than standard DATE
* The less fast version is always enabled too. It is likely barely used
so perf impact will be small on few game that could hit this path.
Nice rendering has a higher priority
* The "slow" path will depends on the date option.
Note normally it isn't too slow (-10%) if GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store
is supported but AMD crimson is an epic fail.
Fixes games like Time Crisis 2/3, which use two half-width display
rectangles placed side by side in split screen mode by using different
DISPLAY.DX values.
Issue1: Depth buffer is wrongly invalidated only the first page is detected.
Issue2: First page seems to be partially written. Could be a GSdx transfer bug.
Anyway, invalidation only support a page granularity.
So here a quick workaround that will clear depth buffer in case of very small partial write.
Might worth to check regression on nocturne/digital saga
It would requires some texture dynamic width convert shaders.
So as a quick solution, let's add a new CRC hack.
For issue #1362 (granted the CRC is correct)
Faster :) Reduce further the cost of accurate date
The optimization will clear the stencil to 1. So all pixels will have a
single sample that pass both the depth & stencil test. No primitive
overlaps So the destination alpha test can be done directly in the
shader.
Game often uses date to allow a single pixel pass. If this
use case is detected, stencil buffer will be cleared after first pixels
that pass both depth&stencil test.
It seems to reduce the load on the GPU.
Note: with the help of texture barriere, maybe we could implement the algo
with a single pass.
Gregory Hainaut