NV40 supports 3Dc

[Sage]

i dont think that the GPU memory controllers are exactly well-suited to something like that...

 

[DOGMA1138]

why not?
if you could use the cards memory and the GPU as a secondey CPU that would be great. too bad its just a wild dream

 

[Sage]

the problem is that GPU memory controllers are not able to access memory in the same way that CPU's can.

 

[DOGMA1138]

but are they realy that diffrent? or the only thing that stoped some thing like that from developing was very low CPU read rates?

 

[KimB]

Chalnoth is NOT a girl, that was a myth.

she, herself, said it.

 

[Sage]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

 

[KimB]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

Oh, I'd love to see this. Find the post and win a prize!

 

[RejZoR]

GPU has a very limited capabilities(if you compare it to traditional CPU). Thats why its so frekin fast. Its optimized for graphics only.
CPU is can be used for anything and its slower because of that.
They use certain optimizations like MMX,3Dnow!+ and SSE/2/3 to speed up things,but thats pretty much all. Use software rendering with bilinear filtering at reasonable resolution and you'll see what i mean...
So GPU cannot act as traditional CPU in any way (you can't decode MP3 with your super fast x800 XT PE )

 

[DOGMA1138]

yes, but still there must be some uses for the GPU as co. processor.
hell there`s a frogger game here from the B3D ATi contest that uses only the GPU.

 

[KimB]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

Oh, I just saw this in another thread, and thought I had to post it:

posting more than one time doesnt make it more true

 

[OpenGL guy]

yes, but still there must be some uses for the GPU as co. processor.

Yes there are. Some people are using the graphics chip to do computations very fast.

hell there`s a frogger game here from the B3D ATi contest that uses only the GPU.

You've misunderstood. The video chip computed all the graphics, but the CPU is still involved. For example, the video card can't handle mouse/keyboard input And if it can't handle mouse/keyboard input, then the app has to compute updated information to give to the driver, which, in turn, it sends to the graphics chip.

 

[Ruined]

benchies from a spot i picked in humus demo (start)

P4 3.2 w/ 6800GT stock
1600x1200 4xAA/8xAF
Shadows Off

Uncompressed
Compressed Basemaps - False
Compressed Bumpmaps - False
3DC Enabled - False
Speed - 49fps


Compressed Basemaps only
Compressed Basemaps - True
Compressed Bumpmaps - False
3DC Enabled - False
Speed - 51fps


Compressed Basemaps & Bumpmaps
Compressed Basemaps - True
Compressed Bumpmaps - True
3DC Enabled - False
Speed - 52fps


Compressed Basemaps & Bumpmaps w/ 3DC
Compressed Basemaps - True
Compressed Bumpmaps - True
3DC Enabled - True
Speed - 56fps

 

[digitalwanderer]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

I don't think he did Sage, I remember that thread and a whole bunch of other people were saying that Chal said that he was a she....but I had this weird idea and just PMed Chal and asked him and he set me straight.

I can't recall why I didn't post that up in that thread, probably because I got a giggle watching the rumor grow.

 

[Sage]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

Oh, I just saw this in another thread, and thought I had to post it:

posting more than one time doesnt make it more true

so you're denying that you're a chick?

 

[digitalwanderer]

Ruined- Could you please make those screenshots into links instead? The huge pictures are bogging down the thread for me.

EDITED BITS: Found the thread that got the "Chal is a chic" rumor started.

 

[Sage]

yes you did. i remember specifically you saying it.

I don't think he did Sage, I remember that thread and a whole bunch of other people were saying that Chal said that he was a she....but I had this weird idea and just PMed Chal and asked him and he set me straight.

I can't recall why I didn't post that up in that thread, probably because I got a giggle watching the rumor grow.

oh it was like over a year ago that HE said that
this has been going on over a year.


dammit, that sucks. so there are NO women on this board? pffft that sucks.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Thanks Ruined!

 

[Dave Baumann]

Ironic that 3Dc (in some form or another) should see multi-vendor support before DST+PCF!

 

[ChrisRay]

Ironic that 3Dc (in some form or another) should see multi-vendor support before DST+PCF!

And you think this a good Irony?

 

[Dave Baumann]

Click.