On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:31:52AM +0200, Benny Amorsen wrote: > >>>>> "MvO" == Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > MvO> Is this of practical use for run-of-the-mill video cards? -- > The article suggests that using the GPU is a win even on a $100 64MB > card. The built-in card in most servers is probably not worth > bothering with, but many servers offer PCI Express these days.
I would imagine that one of the more major benefits of modern video cards (not cheap ones though) is the faster memory that they use. GDDR3... :-) My minimal research on the subject suggests that the memory is double or triple that of regular DDR or DDR2 in terms of performance. Cheers, mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq