Future of 3d Graphics

Posted by michael on Sunday May 18, 2003 @05:41AM from the rendered-pr0n dept.

zymano writes "Extremetech has this nice article on the future of 3d graphics. The article also mentions that graphic card gpus can be used for non-traditional powerful processing like physics. A quote from the article, "GPU can be from 10 to 100 times faster than a Pentium 4 and Scientific computations such as linear algebra, Fast Fourier Transforms, and partial differential equations can benefit". My question - If these cards are getting so powerful at computations then why do we need a Intel/AMD processor at all? Just make a graphics card with more transistors and drop the traditional processor..."

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Good card? ;) by Demanche · 2003-05-18 05:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Whats a good *average* card suitable to moderate gaming - and *cheap*? I'm still using a 32mb video card - and I know I'm a year or two behind ;)

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Re:fp or not (offtopic trolling flamebait thread) by Uber+Banker · 2003-05-18 06:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I was not the AC who took you down to the gutter where your pathetic attempt at a FP took you (did it add any value? was it amusing like TROLLKORE? was it even imaginative?).

My |CHOICE| was to join AC calling your momma a bitch. You had the |CHOICE| to read it, sir.

I AM dirrrrrrrrrrrty.