AMD True Audio

shankly1985 · 10 Jan 2014 at 23:45

New video about true audio in Thief can't watch right now working

shankly1985 · 11 Jan 2014 at 12:34

More on TrueAudio @CES2014

I can't wait to hear what this is like. Shame I will need a new GPU though, but upgrade time this year anyway.

nitram100 · 11 Jan 2014 at 12:38

So many technologies out at the moment that we can't hear or see

Mantle
G Sync
Free Sync
Occulus Rift
Tru Audio

Arghhh just have to take everyone's word for it. I have tried the Rift twice, at eurogamer and at play expo, it was the lower res version and did look amazing, but got bad motion sickness. 2014 is gonna be an expensive year for PC gamers!

shankly1985 · 11 Jan 2014 at 12:41

nitram100 said:
So many technologies out at the moment that we can't hear or see

Mantle
G Sync
Free Sync
Occulus Rift
Tru Audio

Arghhh just have to take everyone's word for it.

We can hear TrueAudio, here a Demo, they just not got it playing for People at CES unless you put the headphones on.

Mantle has been shown couple times now, Gsync/FreeSync not something that interest me.
Occulus Rift I not sure about.

Nickolp1974 · 11 Jan 2014 at 13:31

Dolby digital true audio>Dolby digital
DTS master HD>DTS

They are higher bandwidth audio tracks which can be found on most blue ray disc's. To get the real benefit good quality speakers need to be used and preferably the audio bitstream passed through to an AV receiver.

andybird123 · 11 Jan 2014 at 13:34

I hope oculus rift goes for higher than 1080p in the final version, apparently you still get screen door effect in the latest prototype

shankly1985 · 11 Jan 2014 at 13:37

Nickolp1974 said:
Dolby digital true audio>Dolby digital
DTS master HD>DTS

They are higher bandwidth audio tracks which can be found on most blue ray disc's. To get the real benefit good quality speakers need to be used and preferably the audio bitstream passed through to an AV receiver.

This have nothing to do with TrueAudio>?

Gregster · 11 Jan 2014 at 21:46

Is True Audio proprietary? Or can I use this on my nVidia card?

Steampunk · 11 Jan 2014 at 21:48

Gregster said:
Is True Audio proprietary? Or can I use this on my nVidia card?

Newer AMD cards only.

arc@css · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:07

Will be my 7970 be ok for true audio?

shankly1985 · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:13

arc@css said:
Will be my 7970 be ok for true audio?

Nope
R2 and above

I really do want to try this out on Thief also. Games audio is just important as the visuals in my book.

What sort time frame you think 20nm will come?

Gregster · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:15

arc@css said:
Will be my 7970 be ok for true audio?

I just did some searching and seems not.

Even the 280X doesn't but the 290/X and 260X does.

arc@css · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:22

Ok, thanks guys. Seems a little strange the 260x can, yet more powerful cards like the 280x / 7900s can't. Oh well...I'll see what its like and make a decision nearer the time.

@ Shankly1985, no idea about 20nm I'm afraid.

Got to say, from what I've seen Thief 4 looks like it really could be a great game. :cool:

shankly1985 · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:24

arc@css said:
Ok, thanks guys. Seems a little strange the 260x can, yet more powerful cards like the 280x / 7900s can't. Oh well...I'll see what its like and make a decision nearer the time.

@ Shankly1985, no idea about 20nm I'm afraid.

Got to say, from what I've seen Thief 4 looks like it really could be a great game.

Isn't it because the 280x is just re-brand of the 7900 series. But the 290 is new.

Gregster · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:28

arc@css said:
Ok, thanks guys. Seems a little strange the 260x can, yet more powerful cards like the 280x / 7900s can't. Oh well...I'll see what its like and make a decision nearer the time.

@ Shankly1985, no idea about 20nm I'm afraid.

Got to say, from what I've seen Thief 4 looks like it really could be a great game.

The 260X is built on the Bonaire processor, as well as the 290/X but the rest (that I am aware) are all Pitcairn processors. I am looking forward to Thief also

arc@css · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:29

shankly1985 said:
Isn't it because the 280x is just re-brand of the 7900 series. But the 290 is new.

Yeah, I guess you're right; the 280x is after all a higher clocked 7970 iirc. I suppose they've 'attached' or allocated the hardware / software to the 260x & 290s, so they cover both mid range and high end markets. Pretty smart move to be fair.

arc@css · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:30

Gregster said:
The 260X is built on the Bonaire processor, as well as the 290/X but the rest (that I am aware) are all Pitcairn processors. I am looking forward to Thief also

I still must get around to modding and completing the first three.

Gregster · 11 Jan 2014 at 22:35

arc@css said:
I still must get around to modding and completing the first three.

I have never played any of them. They were around and meant to get them but they slipped past.

humbug · 11 Jan 2014 at 23:57

Gregster said:
Is True Audio proprietary? Or can I use this on my nVidia card?

Its a chip embedded on the GPU, so unless Nvidia do the same, no.

LtMatt · 13 Jan 2014 at 16:58

The importance of TrueAudio is going to become clear soon, here's why.

All this is good but the audio processing required can cause CPU overheads for the many and complex calculations required which also require a lot of RAM, explained Bucci. However, if you have an AMD GPU with TrueAudio it will be able to handle all these overheads he said, which should mean that the game can run smoother with your CPU and RAM devoted to the other non-audio, non-graphical gaming calculations without hindrance.

Source
http://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/64809-importance-amd-trueaudio-thief-explained-eidos-montreal/