Vegetano1 Wrote:- nvidia claiming video processing 20x faster with gpu then cpu is not true,..
- programs using graphics abbility's like with CUDA is't worth it,.!? (eg in CS4)
http://www.nvidia.com/content/graphicspl...index.html

I never said NVidia's claim of 20x faster encoding was false, it most likely is true. I'm just saying it's probably not a very fair comparison, so I question how much it's actually worth. But the main problem is that there isn't any big encoders out there that currently support CUDA. So even if the GPU can fairly encode 20x faster, it doesn't really mean much because nothing can use it.

Vegetano1 Wrote:- future cpu's will take over gpu's job's>!? no more graphics cards,.>!?

The GPU will never get completely taken over by the CPU (at least not the kind of CPU as wee know it today). Graphics processing needs heavy parallel processing power. The CPU sucked at that, and that's why the GPU was created separate from the CPU in the first place.

Actually, Intel and AMD are trying to make sort of a CPU and GPU combined in one. Wee'll see how that turns out... But that's not "CPU taking over GPU", it's rather "CPU and GPU become one".

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Anyway whot i do understand,. if there is a posibility that CUDA is worth it and encoding with GPU is faster,.. then buying a 295gtx(or any other faster x.x card) is worth it,. because you might not see the difference in game fps speeds (dif between 60 fps and 120 fps,. altough i doubt highest settings in crysis with 295gtx will give you 120 fps) but you will notice difference working with CUDA and GPU encoding times,.

I'm not really saying CUDA isn't worth it or anything. The main argument I'm trying to pull off is essentially, as quoted previously, "I have nothing against the card (x295), I just have something against the price. I mean sure the card is awesome, but the price is definitely not awesome." And the price pretty much kills all the awesomeness out of the card.

No, the highest settings in Crysis won't give you 60fps with a normal card, you probably can't even pull 30fps. But that's pretty much just Crysis, and like 95% of other games you probably can easily pull off 60fps with something like a 9800. I personally think it isn't really worth it paying the loads of extra money just to make a few games like Crysis run at a bit higher settings. But if you think it's worth it, go ahead and buy it.

feinicks Wrote:this is a good watch..

Source: Google Video


watch the 38 min version:

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10060

Heh, my sister or someone else thought something retarded like "hey, wee have faster internet now, so I'm going to download as much as I can", and wee got ourselves capped. (Australian internet is poo poo).

Currently like dial-up speed. Pretty gay. Not going to even attempt to stream a 38minute long video.

(This post was last modified: 18/02/2009 12:53 AM by Assassinator.)