Thank you for purchasing GPU Gems 3. This DVD contains sample code and demonstrations for many of the book's chapters, as provided by the contributors. Updates and additional material can be found on the book's Web site, developer.nvidia.com/gpugems3. DVD Table of Contents In the list below, each chapter that has an accompanying code sample or demonstration is linked to the corresponding ZIP file, installer EXE, movie clip, or folder containing the unzipped data. In general, a ZIP file is present only if the unzipped folder would not have fit on the DVD. Where possible, the contributors have included executable versions of their samples in addition to source code.
	Geometry - Ch. 01: Generating Complex Procedural Terrains Using the GPU - Ch. 02: Animated Crowd Rendering - Ch. 03: DirectX 10 Blend Shapes: Breaking the Limits - Ch. 04: Next-Generation SpeedTree Rendering - Ch. 06: GPU-Generated Procedural Wind Animations for Trees
	Light and Shadows - Ch. 08: Summed-Area Variance Shadow Maps - Ch. 10: Parallel-Split Shadow Maps on Programmable GPUs - Ch. 12: High-Quality Ambient Occlusion - Ch. 13: Volumetric Light Scattering as a Post-Process
	Rendering - Ch. 14: Advanced Techniques for Realistic Real-Time Skin Rendering - Ch. 16: Vegetation Procedural Animation and Shading in Crysis - Ch. 17: Robust Multiple Specular Reflections and Refractions - Ch. 18: Relaxed Cone Stepping for Relief Mapping - Ch. 20: GPU-Based Importance Sampling
	Image Effects - Ch. 21: True Impostors - Ch. 26: Object Detection by Color: Using the GPU for Real-Time Video Image Processing (Mac OS X only)
	Physics Simulation - Ch. 29: Real-Time Rigid Body Simulation on GPUs - Ch. 31: Fast N-Body Simulation with CUDA - Ch. 33: Broad-Phase Collision Detection with CUDA
	GPU Computing - Ch. 36: AES Encryption and Decryption on the GPU - Ch. 37: Efficient Random Number Generation and Application Using CUDA

GPU Gems:
GPU Gems is hard bound, 816 pages, and in full color throughout, with over 300 diagrams and screenshots. We invite you to take a look around the site to learn more about the book. GPU Gems won the Game Developer Frontline Award in 2004. Get more information, including table of content and sample chapters at the GPU Gems home page.

GPU Gems 2:
GPU Gems 2 is hard bound, approximately 880 pages, and in full color throughout, with over 300 diagrams and screenshots. It was released at the 2005 Game Developers Conference (March 7 - 11, 2005) and was the best-selling book at the show. Get more information, including table of content and sample chapters at the GPU Gems 2 home page.

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System Requirements

The system requirements for each chapter's sample vary widely, but for optimal performance, we recommend that you use a Shader Model 4.0-class GPU such as an NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, G8X-based NVIDIA Quadro FX, or newer graphics processor. In addition, you may need to upgrade your graphics driver. You will need Microsoft Visual Studio to open up some of the provided projects. OpenGL, GLUT, and DirectX are also required to view all the examples. Many of the executable demos will run only on PCs running Microsoft Windows.

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