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Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 02-May-2012, 18:03
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Posted By DarthShader
Interesting. I think this is where the early...

Interesting. I think this is where the early speculations of PhysX magic hardware came from. When you see a supposedly 300$ gaming card doing PhysX twice as fast than previous flagship and you *don't...
Forum: PC Games 29-Apr-2012, 20:52
Replies: 36
Views: 4,182
Posted By DarthShader
Looks like part of the money went into PhysX: ...

Looks like part of the money went into PhysX:

http://physxinfo.com/news/8293/mech-shooter-hawken-will-feature-gpu-physx-support/

Particle effects and environment destruciton, nice!
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Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 17-Apr-2012, 20:45
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Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
No need to guess, Kaotik posted some GPGPU...

No need to guess, Kaotik posted some GPGPU benchmarks over in the 7970 thread, that includes results from a bitcoin miner:
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Forum: General Discussion 15-Apr-2012, 20:26
Replies: 1,341
Views: 74,186
Posted By DarthShader
Rosberg never had to run in traffic, plus they...

Rosberg never had to run in traffic, plus they got the tyres in the optimum working range according to Brawn, so it all worked out for him.

Kimi got to learn how Pirellis can be. I was quite...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 14-Apr-2012, 15:59
Replies: 4,689
Views: 740,046
Posted By DarthShader
Take a deep breath and count to ten. . . . ...

Take a deep breath and count to ten.
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Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 14-Apr-2012, 14:46
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Views: 740,046
Posted By DarthShader
I was refering to this: ...

I was refering to this:

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1607915&postcount=1848

and wondered if everything that was to be learned is already extracted and only game specific...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 14-Apr-2012, 09:34
Replies: 4,689
Views: 740,046
Posted By DarthShader
So there is no more significant performance gains...

So there is no more significant performance gains to be found in the drivers after all and competition has to be done on price now?
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 25-Mar-2012, 12:56
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
How about thinking twice, before you elevate the...

How about thinking twice, before you elevate the discussion with such elaborate phrases?

1. CPU Boost has guaranteed values for all chips and doesn't boost further, there is no lottery here.
2....
Forum: General Discussion 25-Mar-2012, 12:35
Replies: 1,341
Views: 74,186
Posted By DarthShader
Now that is what I call an entertaining race!...

Now that is what I call an entertaining race! We'll be wondering how Alonso did win that for a while. Great stuff from Perez and Senna too!
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 23-Mar-2012, 18:41
Replies: 6,518
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Posted By DarthShader
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/20...

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-680/20/#abschnitt_gpucomputing
http://pclab.pl/art49195-12.html (bottom, click on test names to show)
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 23-Mar-2012, 18:15
Replies: 35
Views: 6,161
Posted By DarthShader
The Jury will have to wait till bigK arrives I...

The Jury will have to wait till bigK arrives I guess...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 22-Mar-2012, 23:22
Replies: 4,689
Views: 740,046
Posted By DarthShader
Could be enough, if they can add a Boost on top...

Could be enough, if they can add a Boost on top of that. This could be doable with current hardware, but with new Bios. (or not?)
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 22-Mar-2012, 21:18
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
Whoa, really suprised Kepler can keep that well...

Whoa, really suprised Kepler can keep that well at higher resolutions, didn't expect it to win some multimonitor tests. :shock:

But it is now clear where the efficiency gains come from. They took...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 22-Mar-2012, 02:04
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
You call THG "respectable"? How about [H]ardOCP?...

You call THG "respectable"? How about [H]ardOCP? :

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038515632&postcount=134
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038515505&postcount=124

So basicly, if you...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 22-Mar-2012, 01:47
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
DOUBLE CONFIRMED truth! And Barts it VLIW4 too,...

DOUBLE CONFIRMED truth! And Barts it VLIW4 too, maths don't lie. :razz:


Come on , this is nVidia. If it is priced lower, then it is *NOT* faster than a 7970. So AMD doesn't have to drop prices....
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 21-Mar-2012, 18:51
Replies: 6,518
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Posted By DarthShader
Why? To match the perf/price ratio of Kepler in...

Why? To match the perf/price ratio of Kepler in 1080p and being better everywhere else?
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 21-Mar-2012, 18:14
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
Indeed, but the GK110 is kinda next generation,...

Indeed, but the GK110 is kinda next generation, isn't it? ;) The caches remained comparable to a GTX580, while theoretical FLOPS doubled...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 21-Mar-2012, 16:06
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
Kyle says the leaked THG slides are the real...

Kyle says the leaked THG slides are the real thing:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038514895&postcount=54

Nice job, THG. :S
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 20-Mar-2012, 16:10
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/HD_777...

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/HD_7770_OC/27.html

Here, in 19x12, a 7970 has 53% higher perf/watt. :S
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 20-Mar-2012, 16:01
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
http://i.imgur.com/DbqRm.png So in the six...

http://i.imgur.com/DbqRm.png
So in the six games chosen by THG, a 7970 is only 10% faster than a 580 and the 7950 is slower. I think that say all about how THG have chosen the games to test with....
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 19-Mar-2012, 20:41
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
Min FPS get halved when running a 2C CPU: ...

Min FPS get halved when running a 2C CPU:

http://lab501.ro/placi-video/gigabyte-radeon-hd-7970-oc-partea-iv-scalare-cu-procesorul/19 (and next page)

The rest of Min FPS increase seems to be...
Forum: General Discussion 18-Mar-2012, 17:16
Replies: 1,341
Views: 74,186
Posted By DarthShader
It was? I found it suprisingly boring. Except...

It was? I found it suprisingly boring. Except last lap of course. ;) What exactly happened before last lap? Safety car was boring. Tyre difference wasn't big, so most drives went with mediums after...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 17-Mar-2012, 08:02
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
Speaking of bigK, do you guys think it's going to...

Speaking of bigK, do you guys think it's going to be a "straight" upscale by 1.5x shaders and almost 2x bandwidth (speculated 512bit)? The cache and register capacity seems good enough for gaming,...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 17-Mar-2012, 07:54
Replies: 6,518
Views: 915,311
Posted By DarthShader
So when are we going see the fixed bigK, aka...

So when are we going see the fixed bigK, aka GK100? Or at least GK110? GK112?? ;)
Forum: General Discussion 17-Mar-2012, 07:28
Replies: 1,341
Views: 74,186
Posted By DarthShader
What a goofup by Kimi. While the car is certainly...

What a goofup by Kimi. While the car is certainly capable of great things.

Ferrari on the other hand...
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