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Final Fantasy At 2.5FPS
Rikardon writes: "Adding a little fuel to the ATi-vs-NVIDIA fire started earlier today on Slashdot, NVIDIA and Square are showing a demo at SIGGRAPH of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within being rendered in 'real time' (four-tenths of a second per frame) on a Quadro-based workstation. Now that I think of it, this should also inject new life into this debate." Defender2000 points to the Yahoo article. Update: 08/14 09:30 PM by T : Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed out, .4 frame per second isn't .4 seconds per frame. Sorry.
Yeah, and you are only about the four HUNDRETH person to note that in this thread. But thanks. It was really helpful.
Stupidity never felt so good.
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Update: 08/14 08:39 PM by T:Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed out,
.4 frame per second isn't 4FPS. Oops.
Shouldn't that read ".4FPS doesn't equal 4/10 a second per frame"?"The guide is definitive, reality is frequently inaccurate."
From the text it seems that you meant 2.5 FPS (or possibly .4spf? although who would want a sunscreen like that?)
.4 frame per second != .4FPS
what does?
Um, isn't .4 seconds per frame EQUAL to 2.5 frames per second?
Stupidity never felt so good.
14 people chimed in to say that FPS != SPF. Where are the moderators when you need them?
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
Which is it? A frame roughly every two seconds (.4 FPS) or roughly two frames each second (.4 SPF)?
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1 frame
.4 seconds
----------- = 2.5fps
or if we're using something closer to your math...
2 frames taking 8/10 of a second, with 2/10 left over.
Each frame takes 4/10 sec to render. 2/10 = x * 4/10. x = 1/2
2 1/2 = 2.5fps
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0.4 FPS (Frames per second) means it would take 2.5 seconds to render a frame. :)
2.5 FPS would mean 4/10 of seconds to render a frame.
Looks like someone missed the quake classes
"but as cxreg pointed out, .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops."
Actually, .4 frames per second IS .4FPS (FPS stands for Frames Per Second, heh)
I think what you might have meant is that .4 seconds per frame isn't .4FPS..
Isn't this supposed to be a geek site?
.4 spf would be 2.5 fps.
They're taking their dog to get its two shots before it's too late. You're taking your dog there too, right?
At four tenths of a second per frame, you get a frame per second rate of 2.5fps, not .4fps. Geeze guys...try a little harder next time!
What I'd like to know is what hardware is sitting around the Quadro? How many and what type of processors, how much RAM. I mean, it's all well and good to talk about how great Quadro is, but whats the rest of the system
Heh, sort of reminds me of the bad old days when AMD would quote system cpomparisons using twice as much RAM as the Intel system, to artificially inflate their scores.
No it isn't. But it is .4FPS! :)
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Update: 08/14 08:39 PM by T:Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed out, .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops.
Uh, .4 frames per second IS .4FPS. I think you mean that .4 seconds per frame isn't .4 frames per second.
This isn't that hard guys.
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
> Update: 08/14 08:39 PM by T:Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops.
.4 frames per second IS .4 FPS. What you meant was 0.4 seconds per FRAME is not 0.4 FPS.
> out,
YES IT IS!
And all this time the doctors told me an SPF of at least 15 was the best ;)
It's crap like this why the US population can't handle the SI unit system, not to mention their own gringo unit system.
This is the same reason why hot dogs are sold in packages of twelve and buns in packages of eight.
2.5 FPS == 4/10 of a second per frame
At 4/10ths per frame, wouldn't the actual frame rate be 2.5 FPS? I think someone needs to retake some grade school math classes...
sweet fucking christ where the hell did you go to school?
4/10 of a second per frame
that means you can fit 2 frames in a second
2*4 = 8
so 2 frames taking 8/10 of a second, with 2/10 left over
2 2/10 = 2.2fps
I think you should join them back in college.
4/10 FPS (Frames per second) will NOT yield over 2 frames per second. It will be 4/10 of a frame in one second!
Shouldn't it be .4 seconds per frame instead of 2.5 frames per second?
Besides, any "realtime" demo can't show off all the hard work involving texturing and lighting that animators put into it. "Pixar quality animation" isn't what it is because of computers. Its due to the people who are using the computers.
That's a lot like my GNC suburban 4x4. Sometimes I think it gets gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon.
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Jesus fucking Christ!
Stupidity never felt so good.
Great, just great. I don't normally nitpick article goofs like this, but this is just shamefully amateurish and unprofessional.
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".4 frame per second" is .4 fps. What is meant is that .4 seconds per frame is not .4 fps.
"4/10s of a frame per second means you can do just over 2 frames per second."
Wouldn't it be 4/10s of a second per frame means you can do just over 2 frames per second?
Um, actually .4 frames per second would be .4 FPS, but the article said .4 seconds per frame, which would be .4 SPF. Can't you guys even get it right when you are fixing one of your mistakes?
Stupidity never felt so good.
However, it is not
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PM by T:Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed out, .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops.
.4 seconds per frame isn't .4FPS. Oops.
um, it should say:
PM by T:Original headline was wrong, said ".4FPS" but as cxreg pointed out,
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0.4 Seconds Per Frame means 2.5 Frames Per Second (FPS)
.4 frame per second is .4 FPS. It's a frame every .4 seconds that isn't .4 FPS. Your correction is correct, but your explanation of the correction isn't.
Moron.
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Jesus! We do math good at slashdot.
4/10s of a frame per second means you can do just over 2 frames per second.
God damn. People go to college and come out knowing this much about math?
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From the "corrected" headline. .4 frame per second isn't .4FPS. Oops"
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Ummmm... yes it is! For christ sake.
Oops is right.
Should read "0.4 sec/frame isn't 0.4 frame/sec"
.4 FPS != 4/10 second per frame.
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