nVidia 7800GT released

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[angshuman]

If you read that article carefuly, you will notice that barring a few exceptions (such as Half Life 2), the only resolutions where CPU scaling is evident is 1024x768 and lower. Once you go up to 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 there is virutally no CPU scaling at all. Even for Half Life 2, it's only the 3000+ that holds it back slightly at 1280, anything above 3500+ is great. At 1600, even the 3000+ does well.

 

Look carefully at the graphs. A lot of them seem to be at 800x600 resolutions! Way to go, firingsquad! However, there are a lot of meaningful graphs as well. Look at Doom 3's results. That game stresses the GPU's shaders and memory bandwidth like no other, and I believe is very representative of near-future games.

 

FX-55 becoming a bottleneck? Sure, if you're playing Quake 3 at 300 frames per second. Give me any modern game running at an Image Quality level that results in 60 frames per second on a 7800GTX SLI-or-not, and show me that an FX-55 is a bottleneck. I'll eat my GTX.

 

Let me give you my definition of a CPU bottleneck: When the highest IQ setting that can give you a smooth 60 fps (substitute with your favorite fps) is constrained by your CPU, you have a CPU bottleneck. If your favorite fps is close to 300, you'll likely run into CPU bottlenecks all the time.

[EnderAndrew]

The precious....

 

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Produc...5_13041,00.html

[alanschu]

The precious....

 

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Produc...5_13041,00.html

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We wants it!

[metadigital]

Although it looks a fast ship (You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?), there is no benefit for multitasking in games, yet.

[EnderAndrew]

That's why I don't wait to get a dual-core processor. I'll get one in a year or so when games start using it.

[alanschu]

get 'em while theys hot

 

The subtitle of the thread.

 

Am I the only one that thinks they'll always be hot?

[EnderAndrew]

GPUs and CPUs do generate plenty of heat.

[alanschu]

I believe my CPU is a 60 Watter!

 

And it doesn't even give off light energy like my lightbulb does, so it must be even warmer

[EnderAndrew]

I like to touch hot things to test how hot they are.

[jaguars4ever]

..and youre looking at the guy who bought a full price 6800U the day before they released the 7800's 

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...there's a swift kick in the mustn't-touch-it, eh???...

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What he didn't tell you is that he threw the box away and thus couldn't take it back either!

[angshuman]

I like to touch hot things to test how hot they are.

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Be careful, buddy... last I heard, Malak liked to touch hot things with his tongue to see how hot they are.