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Re:The web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank by vetinari on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @02:29PM (#15444158)
In this case, the GPU just sends the content of the framebuffer to the screen. It does not re-render the content of the framebuffer, which is what the most energy is usually spent on.
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Re:The web at maximum FPS: How WebRender gets rid of jank by jug on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @03:37PM (#15444715)
Also I imagine that particular path of simply sending the framebuffer is a highly optimized one.
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