AMD TressFX

[Nightglow]

AMD has started unlocking the processing capabilities of GCN architecture it has just announced 'TressFX', which basically is more realistic hair in games.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30607-amd-details-tressfx-technology

http://blogs.amd.com/play/tressfx/

There must be other goodies of GCN architecture still waiting in the wings.

 

[LtMatt]

AMD has started unlocking the processing capabilities of GCN architecture it has just announced 'TressFX', which basically is more realistic hair in games.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30607-amd-details-tressfx-technology

There must be other benefits of GCN architecture still waiting in the wings.

Someone beat you to it brosef stalin.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18491076

 

[Nightglow]

Someone beat you to it brosef stalin./QUOTE]

And I searched the threads before posting.

Utter fail

 

[LtMatt]

And I searched the threads before posting.
Utter fail

Someone beat you to it brosef stalin.

It happens to the best of us. All you can hope for now is no one bumps this thread and we can all forget this ever happened.

 

[whyscotty]

And I searched the threads before posting.

Utter fail

Maybe a visit to specsavers is in order

 

[Rroff]

I dislike the linking of this to GCN as if GCN has now made it possible and/or its a function thats hidden away in GCN. The technique works on pretty much any GPU with compute shaders and supporting directcompute 11* its just a feature that can put the GCN architecture to use.


*It could even be implemented on Open CL or CUDA, etc.

 

[LtMatt]

Maybe a visit to specsavers is in order

You need to fix your quote scotty. I went to the trouble of repairing the botch job nightglow did lol.

I dislike the linking of this to GCN as if GCN has now made it possible and/or its a function thats hidden away in GCN. The technique works on pretty much any GPU with compute shaders and supporting directcompute 11* its just a feature that can put the GCN architecture to use.


*It could even be implemented on Open CL or CUDA, etc.

 

[Orangey]

Shoulda woulda CUDA.

 

[LtMatt]

Shoulda woulda CUDA.

I like the cut of your jib.

 

[Nightglow]

Could some mod please delete this mess.

 

[Diagro]

I dislike the linking of this to GCN as if GCN has now made it possible and/or its a function thats hidden away in GCN. The technique works on pretty much any GPU with compute shaders and supporting directcompute 11* its just a feature that can put the GCN architecture to use.


*It could even be implemented on Open CL or CUDA, etc.

Its Marketing... yes it could have been implemented on CUDA.. But guess what!? It wasn't cus cuda is for pandas

 

[Rroff]

My comments have nothing to do with CUDA tho people who don't understand what I'm saying might perceive it as such. My objection is that people are seeing it as if TressFX, etc. are features within GCN when infact one of the key elements of GCN is moving away from fixed or limited function pipelines and towards more complex, versatile, general purpose compute units.