1. A graphics processor, comprising: a pipeline configuration manager; a rasterizer coupled to the pipeline configuration manager; and a memory coupled to the rasterizer; wherein the pipeline configuration manager is capable of configuring the graphics processor to operate in a direct rasterizing mode or a tiling mode to process a sequence of drawing commands received from a processing unit; and wherein the pipeline configuration manager is capable of selecting one of the direct rasterizing mode or the tiling mode prior to rendering a frame.