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| What does the system level focus on? |
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| Machine resources and their use in the game |
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| Is hardware dedicated to a specific task typically slower or faster than software? |
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| What is the goal of application level optimization? |
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| to get more word done more efficiently. Game engines are full of this. |
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| What is another name for line-by-line optimizations? |
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| micro level optimizations. |
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| What are some examples of line-by-line optimizations? |
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Branch Prediction
Instruction Throughput
Loop Unrolling
Latency |
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| Where does the most important aspect of optimizing an application take place. |
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the design and flexibility of the application itself
A.K.A. design your code to be optimized, rather than changing code to optimize it later. |
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| What is the best way to measure performance of an application? |
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| What is the most common game bottleneck? |
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| As games get more graphics intensive, the bottleneck changes to what? |
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