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Final Fantasy At 2.5FPS

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-lot-of-pixels dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Well then by JabberWokky · · Score: 1, Redundant
    it should be 0.4 SPF, not FPS.

    Which is it? A frame roughly every two seconds (.4 FPS) or roughly two frames each second (.4 SPF)?

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  2. Well then by VFVTHUNTER · · Score: 1, Redundant
    it should be 0.4 SPF, not FPS.

    And all this time the doctors told me an SPF of at least 15 was the best ;)

  3. Re:.4 FPS? by catch23 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    2.5 FPS == 4/10 of a second per frame

  4. Re:Do the math... by infinite9 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    .4FPS is NOT the same as "Four-tenths of a second per frame"

    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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  5. His error correction has an error!!! by Wraithlyn · · Score: 1, Redundant
    ".4 frame per second isn't 4FPS" What the heck does that mean? Where did 4FPS come from? I guess he meant 0.4FPS? Because even THAT is wrong. Should read: ".4 seconds per frame isn't .4FPS"

    Great, just great. I don't normally nitpick article goofs like this, but this is just shamefully amateurish and unprofessional.

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  6. Re:.4FPS IS NOT 4/10s of a second per frame!! by tosderg · · Score: 2, Redundant

    "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?

  7. It's amazing... by 11223 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    In a situation like this, to see the comments which either (1) bash the submitter's poor math (.4 SPF != .4 FPS), e.g. read the article, or (2) just post something about "how slow .4 fps is", indicating that they didn't read the article at all.

    A most intriguing study of slashdot responders.

  8. .4FPS IS NOT 4/10s of a second per frame!! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 2, Redundant

    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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  9. Title Is Wrong by citizenc · · Score: 1, Redundant
    It is not rendering the frames at .4 FPS:
    The Quadro-based workstation renders a single frame in four-tenths of a second, allowing for an interactive, real-time CG scene. For comparison, a single frame from the original movie took over 90 minutes to render.
    Sheesh. Read the news posts before making up headlines!
  10. .4 FPS? by JesseL · · Score: 2, Redundant

    .4 FPS != 4/10 second per frame.

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