[vtkusers] Render times for on/offscreen rendering

[Alex Malyushytskyy]

As far as I understand offscreen rendering is forced to use software rendering,
so yes it should be slower.

Alex

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jim Geach <jimgeach at physics.mcgill.ca> wrote:
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> Hi list,
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> I'm doing some rendering for which offscreen is a must, however I'm noticing a significant difference in the render times for on and offscreen volume rendering - a problem that seems to be exacerbated when I include streamlines.
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> As a zero order question: should one expect there to be significant differences in the render time for an identical scene for on vs. offscreen rendering?
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> Thanks, Jim
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