I've always simplified it down to this:
If you can run 1200fps with 150 3d objects on the screen, you should in
theory be able to run 300fps or so with 600 objects on the screen.
The more intense the 3D becomes, the greater the need for high-end
processing becomes.
Yes, for the most part, it's a luxury to run 4 graphics cards with 6GB
of GXLOLWTFDDR573 RAM and thirty quadseptrillion stream processors at
seventeen thousand frames per second, but for the 75 frames that you
need it (when the massive superexplosion goes off), it's nice to be the
only guy in the game that's not lagging out while their GPU renders it.
Additionally, graphics aren't the only thing being calculated by the
GPUs anymore. Lost of games are taking advantage of PhysX on nVidia
cards to have more realistic physics, which adds additional stress to
the card. Many games are now smart enough to only offload PhysX
rendering to the GPUs when they have capacity to spare. In other words,
if you're in Garry's Mod dropping 15,000 explosive barrels per second
into a fire pit, your physics calculations are probably going to be sent
back to your CPU for rendering so the GPU can focus on making sure your
monitor has a video signal to keep you happy.
Chris
On 11/8/2013 12:00 PM, Omar Rassi wrote:
Most of us in the IT field know that even though gigabit ethernet has
a bandwidth 1000 Mb/s or that SATA3 has bandwidth of 600 Mb/s, you
will never reach those numbers in real world operation. Does the same
hold true about gaming and FPS? I found the following article at on
Wired:
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/11/high-low-gaming-pcs/?cid=14209594
I know that beyond 60 FPS its very difficult for the human eye to
distinguish better quality and that greater than 30 FPS is where games
are considered playable. Wired brought up a good point that most
monitors can only display 60 FPS max (high end monitors beyond 60Hz
are excluded from that generality). So I ask what are the benefits of
a multi-thousand dollar gaming rig besides bragging rights?
The topic here is centered around benefits to the owner of said
computer, not community projects like Folding@home or Seti@home. Do
not discuss Bitcoin mining is also a given considering the power of a
$5000 rig and how much it has already been discussed in the past, lets
get creative here.
Thanks,
Omar
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