feinicks Wrote:Yes, but you can have 240 people solve 240 different problems increasing your efficiency by 240%.

Ok, go back and read every post Zinga and I wrote.

Which bit of "most things probably can't be effectively made massively parallel" is that hard to understand?

feinicks Wrote:As I mentioned earlier, the computational capability of a GPU exceeds that of a CPU due to various factors; far more transistors, stream processing etc.

How the hell do you compare "computational power" for 2 different things? I mean that's like comparing whether your heater is more powerful or your microwave.... (I mean like obviously my microwave is more powerful, right?)

Also, the number of transistors is NOT directly proportional to performance, which is what you have based your argument on many times. Lets use a real life example. The Core2 E6400 has less than 1/2 the amount of transistors as a Pentium D 900 CPU. Tell me the Pentium D is more twice as strong. This is especially the case if the 2 things in question are different. I mean wow, my microwave has more transistors than my heater, it has to be "stronger" amirite amirite amirite???

feinicks Wrote:Also, current day GPUs may not be programmable to that great extent, but it has started. Even CPUs weren't as flexible in their formative years, and they were intended to do what they do even now, even back then. GPU has been developed to boost graphical performance only. This has made it strictly adopt parallel process. Now, with focus shifting towards more practical application of the GPU's capabilities, its s slowly being imparted with that flexibility.

The GPU is specifically designed to process things like graphics, and that's where it draws its strength from. Ever notice that something specialized at doing a task is generally better than something general at doing that same task? Try to make a GPU become a CPU, you loose that specialization advantage, and you will probably end up on a long road that leads back to the CPU.

(This post was last modified: 19/02/2009 02:44 AM by Assassinator.)