This reverts commit 0edaebe192.
The commit was actually less optimal than it was before. Shaders are
always fully unfolded and both sides of a branch are always executed.
Despite that fact, the "avoid branching" commit actually *added* two
extra unnecessary instructions with the same number of actual sample
instructions, making it arguably less optimal than before.
This was tested via the D3DDissamble function.
Branching is not recommended in shaders and only recently gained
widespread support without causing massive branch misprediction issues. Also sampling inside a branch will cause cache misses and additional texture load instructions.
jp9000
Michael Fabian Dirks
Gol-D-Ace
hwdro
dodgepong