On Friday, November 08, 2013 12:26:36 Chris Egeland wrote: > 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.
that can almost play minecraft > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
