Is there any evidence to show NV40 can handle PS3.0 Well?
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Do we have any evidence that it handles it worse than any other PS3.0 cards? (Where are those Series 5 Shadermark benchmarks, damnit!)
pocketmoon_
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tEd said:
IIRC the Nula Demo (or whatever that watery tarts name is) uses a single PS3.0 shader with branches for skin/scales etc .It looked like it was running fine in all the online movies. Of course we wont know for sure until we get can get own hands on one
an NV40 that ispocketmoon_ said:tEd said:
IIRC the Nula Demo (or whatever that watery tarts name is) uses a single PS3.0 shader with branches for skin/scales etc .It looked like it was running fine in all the online movies. Of course we wont know for sure until we get can get own hands on one
constant or dynamic?
If the demo is acctually 19 passes, it seems more directed to the Professional 3d visualization market then gaming to me..
Instead of doing a full Render on a scene in a 3d app, you preview it in realtime on the card like this...
then performance isnt as critical, but since it is a techdemo, it should be running good on the card its "demoing" features for hehe..
Instead of doing a full Render on a scene in a 3d app, you preview it in realtime on the card like this...
then performance isnt as critical, but since it is a techdemo, it should be running good on the card its "demoing" features for hehe..
sais 19 on nvidias site
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_nalu_home.html
But they might use some "alternative way" of counting them hehe..
no idea.. point is you dont want 16 passes in a game either
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_nalu_home.html
But they might use some "alternative way" of counting them hehe..
no idea.. point is you dont want 16 passes in a game either
Re: Is there any evidence to show NV40 can handle PS3.0 Well
What a meanless topic designed to get NVidia supports upset.. Of course it run it well - that is why there is games like FarCry and Stalker that will support.
Of course NV50 will run it better! - its the next generation, but it will likely do things that NV4x can't do..
Any rumors of PS4.0 support? Maybe Direct X Next.
I don't feel that benchmarks will make much differences, or says that if there is a new 3dmark, that they designed the logic better for one vender than another vender. What really determines how good the card is, how well the games performed.. With all the games coming out with PS3.x support, I would save that PS3.0 has a signficant advantage.
engall said:
What a meanless topic designed to get NVidia supports upset.. Of course it run it well - that is why there is games like FarCry and Stalker that will support.
Of course NV50 will run it better! - its the next generation, but it will likely do things that NV4x can't do..
Any rumors of PS4.0 support? Maybe Direct X Next.
I don't feel that benchmarks will make much differences, or says that if there is a new 3dmark, that they designed the logic better for one vender than another vender. What really determines how good the card is, how well the games performed.. With all the games coming out with PS3.x support, I would save that PS3.0 has a signficant advantage.
What defines "a lot" of games? The reality is that developers are not going to adopt 3.0 Shaders this year without some kind of incentive (usually meaning $$$). Reason being is that the target marketing for 3.0 is NIL right now and will be very small this year (relative to PS 2.0 hardware market share). Also, you would think that developers would also have a 2.0 path to address a bigger market. Again, you would think. I really don't see 3.0 being big this year. My personal opinion, assuming Nvidia isn't off in the dark paying some developers $$$ to support 3.0. Also, who is to say the 3.0 shaders look any better than 2.0 shaders? Or better yet, who says they perform any better than the equivalent 2.0 shader?
Oh, we should remember how well they ran 2.0 shaders on NV3x (versus 1.1 shaders) as 3.0 vs. 2.0 on NV40 might have same performance issues Longer does not mean faster, it just means slower.
Oh, we should remember how well they ran 2.0 shaders on NV3x (versus 1.1 shaders) as 3.0 vs. 2.0 on NV40 might have same performance issues
Longer does not mean faster, it just means slower.christoph said:
I think that is what the bulk of the upcoming "SM3.0 implementations" will be all about..
doing the same thing, with a small boost in performance..
Some might convert that into eye candy, or use something specific to SM3.0 to create something that would cost too much performance in PS2.0...
Megadrive1988
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I'd like to see Nvidia's PS 3.0 performance compared a 3DLabs duel VPU P20 card's PS 3.0 compared to PowerVR Series 5's PS 3.0 8)
