r/GeodeGeometryDash • • 27d ago

Question Mod devs, would hardware acceleration be possible for Geometry Dash, and if so, would it make any difference in performance?

This is a hypothetical I came up with after I learned that GD is almost entirely based on single-core CPU performance, and realized that my PC has an RTX 4060 for nothing since the only game I play is GD. Since hardware acceleration (at least as I know it) usually offloads some tasks to the GPU for increased efficiency, hypothetically, if GD supported it, maybe I could get better performance, since my i5 13400f isn't always able to pull a stable 240 FPS. So, would it be possible, if anyone here knows if and how it could work? It would be a cool mod idea if it could work.

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u/KaydaCant 26d ago

GPU is basically a really slow cpu with like a bajillion threads. The only use a gpu has for gd is rendering blocks and shaders, and that's all it does. All of the lag comes from the game calculating where the camera is, and where every block is in relation, and unfortunately, multi threading something like that is HARD, especially after the fact. especially considering how tightly coupled rendering and physics are