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@@ -24,46 +24,3 @@ Intel GPUs
 .. _ReBAR: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090831/graphics.html
 .. _ASPM: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/power_management_guide/aspm
 .. _cpufreq: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/performance_tuning_guide/s-cpu-cpufreq
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-Software rendering
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-
-#. Turn off smooth shading when you don't need it (glShadeModel)
-#. Turn off depth buffering when you don't need it.
-#. Turn off dithering when not needed.
-#. Use double buffering as it's often faster than single buffering
-#. Compile in the X Shared Memory extension option if it's supported on
-   your system by adding -DSHM to CFLAGS and -lXext to XLIBS for your
-   system in the Make-config file.
-#. Recompile Mesa with more optimization if possible.
-#. Try to maximize the amount of drawing done between glBegin/glEnd
-   pairs.
-#. Use the MESA_BACK_BUFFER variable to find best performance in double
-   buffered mode. (X users only)
-#. Optimized polygon rasterizers are employed when: rendering into back
-   buffer which is an XImage RGB mode, not grayscale, not monochrome
-   depth buffering is GL_LESS, or disabled flat or smooth shading
-   dithered or non-dithered no other rasterization operations enabled
-   (blending, stencil, etc)
-#. Optimized line drawing is employed when: rendering into back buffer
-   which is an XImage RGB mode, not grayscale, not monochrome depth
-   buffering is GL_LESS or disabled flat shading dithered or
-   non-dithered no other rasterization operations enabled (blending,
-   stencil, etc)
-#. Textured polygons are fastest when: using a 3-component (RGB), 2-D
-   texture minification and magnification filters are GL_NEAREST texture
-   coordinate wrap modes for S and T are GL_REPEAT GL_DECAL environment
-   mode glHint( GL_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION_HINT, GL_FASTEST ) depth
-   buffering is GL_LESS or disabled
-#. Lighting is fastest when: Two-sided lighting is disabled
-   GL_LIGHT_MODEL_LOCAL_VIEWER is false GL_COLOR_MATERIAL is disabled No
-   spot lights are used (all GL_SPOT_CUTOFFs are 180.0) No local lights
-   are used (all position W's are 0.0) All material and light
-   coefficients are >= zero
-#. XFree86 users: if you want to use 24-bit color try starting your X
-   server in 32-bit per pixel mode for better performance. That is,
-   start your X server with startx -- -bpp 32 instead of startx -- -bpp
-   24
-#. Try disabling dithering with the MESA_NO_DITHER environment variable.
-   If this environment variable is defined Mesa will disable dithering
-   and the command glEnable(GL_DITHER) will be ignored.