Batch calls for dx9

[Hieran_Del8]

Dx10 and 11 have a nifty DrawInstanced() command for drawing many instances of a primitive list. For example, a simple cube could be rendered 400 times with either 400 draw calls or 1 DrawInstanced() call with an array of 400 world transformations in a separate stream. Is there any sort of batch calling for dx9 primitive lists (like Flush() is for sprites)?

[admin]

When you ask, like "Flush" do you mean you want to wait for all current GPU commands to be flushed? Flush for sprites just draws the sprites that have been added to an internal buffer for drawing--basically, you keep a dynamic VB/IB and add to it, and then Flush would draw the contents you added to it.

[Hieran_Del8]

Well, then Flush would be the wrong analogy. I'm basically looking for performance in drawing similar objects many times.

[Hieran_Del8]

Oops! Turns out there is instancing for dx9, albeit the use of vs 3.0 is required. There's a sample respecting this in the dx sdk, utilizing IDirect3DDevice9::SetStreamSourceFrequency().