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Do GPUs re-draw a all of a character's vertices/triangles/fragments every frame?
Short answer: Yes — your GPU re-draws Mario every frame, like an artist flipping pages.
Imagine your GPU is a super-fast cartoon artist.
Even if Mario is just standing there doing nothing:
The artist ...
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Do GPUs re-draw a all of a character's vertices/triangles/fragments every frame?
For most modern 3D games running on modern hardware, you've described the basics of how rendering usually works. However, that's not the only option. Other options include:
Using Mesh Shaders instead ...
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Do GPUs re-draw a all of a character's vertices/triangles/fragments every frame?
What you've said is how most games work, at least at a logical level. (In practice, these stages might not happen exactly sequentially - a GPU might be simultaneously drawing some fragments while ...
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