In computer graphics, a video card's pixel fillrate refers to the number of pixels that can be rendered on the screen and written to video memory in one second.[1] Pixel fillrates are given in megapixels per second or in gigapixels per second (in the case of newer cards), and are obtained by multiplying the number of render output units (ROPs) by the clock frequency of the graphics processing unit (GPU) of a video card.
A similar concept, texture fillrate, refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) the GPU can map to pixels in one second. Texture fillrate is obtained by multiplying the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) by the clock frequency of the GPU. Texture fillrates are given in mega or gigatexels per second.
However, there is no full agreement on how to calculate and report fillrates. Another possible method is to multiply the number of pixel pipelines by the GPU's clock frequency.[2][citation needed] The results of these multiplications correspond to a theoretical number. The actual fillrate depends on many other factors. In the past, the fillrate has been used as an indicator of performance by video card manufacturers such as ATI and NVIDIA, however, the importance of the fillrate as a measurement of performance has declined as the bottleneck in graphics applications has shifted. For example, today, the number and speed of unified shader processing units has gained attention.[3]
Scene complexity can be increased by overdrawing, which happens when an object is drawn to the frame buffer, and another object (such as a wall) is then drawn on top of it, covering it up. The time spent drawing the first object is thus wasted because it isn't visible. When a sequence of scenes is extremely complex (many pixels have to be drawn for each scene), the frame rate for the sequence may drop. When designing graphics intensive applications, one can determine whether the application is fillrate-limited (or shader limited) by seeing if the frame rate increases dramatically when the application runs at a lower resolution or in a smaller window.[4]
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- ^ Burke, Steve (27 December 2014). "What is the "Texture Fill-Rate" on a GPU and Does it Matter?". Gamers Nexus. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Woligroski, Don (2006-07-31). "Graphics Beginners' Guide, Part 2: Graphics Technology". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Thomas, Michael (2 June 2006). "Pixel Fill Rate". GPUReview.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Pabst, Thomas (4 July 2000). "3D Benchmarking - Understanding Frame Rate Scores". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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