Where can I learn about "under the hood"-stuff?

Flaringo

Hi!

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about. Please don't hit me. :poly122:

I'm just curious; where can I learn about what goes on "under the hood" in games?

For example, how do textures tie in with video ram? Are all the textures on screen stored in the video ram temporarily?

Psyk0

Some info can be found in the Polycount wiki (game renderer articles):
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryWhitepapers

Lamoot

This sounds more like a programming question than artists' so you'll probably find more answers at http://www.gamedev.net/ forums or similar.

SpeCter

Expecially look here http://nehe.gamedev.net/

it´s about OpenGL but the principles apply to DirectX too

Xoliul

I learned most of that by working in a company and regularly chatting with the guys that handle that stuff daily