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Forum: Console Technology 03-May-2013, 10:18
Replies: 3,253
Views: 383,934
Posted By Entropy
I know I'm a bit late to this party, but having...

I know I'm a bit late to this party, but having some background in work within medical companies, I want to add that placebo is a very powerful force indeed. And if placebo can easily have physical...
Forum: Console Technology 24-Apr-2013, 13:01
Replies: 21
Views: 1,010
Posted By Entropy
Affordable compared to what? Current PS3, or...

Affordable compared to what?
Current PS3, or PS3 launch price? Because I can easily see how the upcoming consoles could, and indeed, should, be less expensive than what the previous generation...
Forum: PC Games 11-Apr-2013, 20:43
Replies: 59
Views: 2,880
Posted By Entropy
Up until quite lately, when averaged over a large...

Up until quite lately, when averaged over a large number of applications, the overall performance dropped with hyperthreading enabled.

The situation has improved, but the occasional exception to...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 11-Apr-2013, 20:39
Replies: 127
Views: 5,159
Posted By Entropy
This is, indeed, a serious problem for Intel. But...

This is, indeed, a serious problem for Intel. But the underlying cause would be reduced profitability, which of course is more important still.

There is no reason to predict that their...
Forum: PC Games 11-Apr-2013, 20:18
Replies: 59
Views: 2,880
Posted By Entropy
No. The Core i7 offers hyper threading, which,...

No.
The Core i7 offers hyper threading, which, to put it in simple terms, is a way of increasing utilization of the 4 physical cores in highly threaded situations. (Or put another way, a means to...
Forum: Handheld Technology 01-Mar-2013, 20:31
Replies: 164
Views: 18,796
Posted By Entropy
Given the dominance of GLBenchmark, the...

Given the dominance of GLBenchmark, the competitiveness of the market and the history of some participants, do we have any reason to assume that the benchmark doesn't receive special "optimizations"?...
Forum: Console Forum 27-Feb-2013, 13:33
Replies: 209
Views: 4,543
Posted By Entropy
As described above, there are inherent problems...

As described above, there are inherent problems with motion blur in games.
It can look nice in demos, obviously, because the demonstration has a defined item of interest which the motion blur can...
Forum: Console Forum 27-Feb-2013, 07:42
Replies: 209
Views: 4,543
Posted By Entropy
Good games transcend technical issues. Generally...

Good games transcend technical issues. Generally control is more important than graphics in all gaming, physical or virtual. How else could we get to were we are?

Also as I mentioned, games are...
Forum: Console Forum 27-Feb-2013, 00:05
Replies: 209
Views: 4,543
Posted By Entropy
Racing games may be the one genre where motion...

Racing games may be the one genre where motion blur makes sense in game play because it can be assumed that the eye of the driver will follow the road ahead, that is, you have a decent idea of what...
Forum: Console Forum 26-Feb-2013, 23:14
Replies: 209
Views: 4,543
Posted By Entropy
No. It is not an overstatement. (Was that...

No. It is not an overstatement. (Was that categorical enough? :))

24 fps (or its close neighbour 30fps) can create a facsimile of continuos movement only under very specific constraints that movie...
Forum: Console Forum 24-Feb-2013, 11:23
Replies: 158
Views: 6,799
Posted By Entropy
Actually, Gabe at Penny Arcade has declared that...

Actually, Gabe at Penny Arcade has declared that the WiiU is his preferred platform for CoD. His reasons seemed quite sound.

By the way, aren't hate threads like this a bit pitiful?
Forum: Console Technology 20-Feb-2013, 10:35
Replies: 11
Views: 2,307
Posted By Entropy
For me, the major take-home message is how...

For me, the major take-home message is how different these cores are from the 750 variants including Gekko and Broaddway, which show strong similarities. the cores are resynthesized, at the very...
Forum: Console Forum 20-Feb-2013, 09:58
Replies: 1,592
Views: 101,934
Posted By Entropy
Two points on the subject of brands. First,...

Two points on the subject of brands.

First, there is a difference between brand strength and brand value.
Just because a brand is strong, doesn't mean that it can be effectively leveraged to...
Forum: Console Technology 16-Feb-2013, 09:13
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
It isn't. The eDRAM on the WiiU GPU is too...

It isn't.
The eDRAM on the WiiU GPU is too dense.
If it had been done on IBMs 45nmSOI it would have been significantly larger. Renesas 40nm eDRAM cells are roughly the same density (cell sizes:...
Forum: Console Forum 15-Feb-2013, 21:36
Replies: 446
Views: 22,920
Posted By Entropy
Who has claimed that there is a 1:1 correlation? ...

Who has claimed that there is a 1:1 correlation?
I'll reverse your statement and ask - is it reasonable to assume that there is NO correlation or commonality in market forces?

We won't know how...
Forum: Console Forum 15-Feb-2013, 14:35
Replies: 446
Views: 22,920
Posted By Entropy
Why, the WiiU is millions of units ahead of its...

Why, the WiiU is millions of units ahead of its competitors! :)
In all seriousness, it's too early to say. I'm a bit of a Debbie Downer when it comes to the console market in general, and feel that...
Forum: Console Technology 14-Feb-2013, 14:59
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
Since people seem to have missed it - "Radeon...

Since people seem to have missed it - "Radeon 4670 @ 843/882 core and memory clocks respectively".

It would be a better experiment to scale GPU clocks and memory speed down to WiiU level, and see...
Forum: PC Games 11-Feb-2013, 08:31
Replies: 113
Views: 5,073
Posted By Entropy
Oh, no it's not! Controls determine just how we...

Oh, no it's not!
Controls determine just how we interact with the gameworld, And that's important.
Fighting the controls breaks immersion and gameplay far more than compromises in graphics ever...
Forum: Console Technology 07-Feb-2013, 22:17
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
Fer Chrissakes when you post something in...

Fer Chrissakes when you post something in contradiction of what has been posted already, it makes sense to read. "The overall density for the 32nm eDRAM arrays was not disclosed but should be...
Forum: Console Technology 06-Feb-2013, 10:26
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
IBMs 45nm SOI and TSMCs 40nm are generational...

IBMs 45nm SOI and TSMCs 40nm are generational siblings.
A 1Mbit EDRAM macro used on Power7 uses 0.24mm2, so naively multiplying 0.24 by 8 (bits/byte) and 32 (EDRAM size) makes 61.44mm2. That...
Forum: Console Technology 05-Feb-2013, 21:30
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
And it was costly there as well. Look at it this...

And it was costly there as well. Look at it this way, if you will - compare the size of the CUs to the size of the EDRAM. It's staggering how much more Nintendo spent on EDRAM rather than ALU power...
Forum: Console Technology 04-Feb-2013, 21:52
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
I'd also like to congratulate the people on...

I'd also like to congratulate the people on NeoGaf who actually did something constructive to increase our knowledge of what goes into the WiiU.

Personally, I hope that you simply get a discreet...
Forum: Console Technology 04-Feb-2013, 21:21
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
The process could be estimated by measuring the...

The process could be estimated by measuring the eight very regular structures, and comparing their size to the HD4870 die shot.
Forum: Console Technology 04-Feb-2013, 20:47
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
I made searches for GPU die shots and didn't find...

I made searches for GPU die shots and didn't find anything more useful than the HD4870 die shot already referenced on the first page of google hits. Something from the Evergreen family would have...
Forum: Console Technology 04-Feb-2013, 13:38
Replies: 5,036
Views: 615,821
Posted By Entropy
This is the position of the majority on these...

This is the position of the majority on these boards, but "weak" is a relative measure. Compared to what, exactly? Expectations? Previous Nintendo generation? Current competition? Future competition?...
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