Actually, rendering 3D graphics is about the most boring thing that this generation of cards does. What they're really good for is high-speed number crunching, because the GPUs have advanced to the point of being full-featured vector processors (the only other vector processor system I know of is the Cray X1E, if that tells you anything).
There is a major difference between software talking to its vendor in order to be more effective and spyware that sends your personal info to spammers / advertisers / con artists.
With the source, it is possible to verify that they were telling the truth about what is collected, or, if they're not, then just fork it with that part deleted.
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Actually, rendering 3D graphics is about the most boring thing that this generation of cards does. What they're really good for is high-speed number crunching, because the GPUs have advanced to the point of being full-featured vector processors (the only other vector processor system I know of is the Cray X1E, if that tells you anything).
There is a major difference between software talking to its vendor in order to be more effective and spyware that sends your personal info to spammers / advertisers / con artists. With the source, it is possible to verify that they were telling the truth about what is collected, or, if they're not, then just fork it with that part deleted.