I wonder if this has been discussed a lot but I really think with the current nvidia/ATI trend not forgetting AMD/Intel I think the days of the single core GPU are done with.
I think perhaps crossfire/SLI has been the birth of what will eventually be multi core GPU's. I suspect they are hitting the same wall CPU manufacturers are and have come to the conclusion that multi core is the way forward.
As we all know this will only truely come to fruition when developers start to write multi threaded code, both graphics engines and AI etc. So I am glad in part that ATI/nvidia are pushing dual gpu solutions because this will eventually force the hand of developers and by the time we see true multi core GPU's the engines will be there to take good advantage of it.
thoughts?
I think perhaps crossfire/SLI has been the birth of what will eventually be multi core GPU's. I suspect they are hitting the same wall CPU manufacturers are and have come to the conclusion that multi core is the way forward.
As we all know this will only truely come to fruition when developers start to write multi threaded code, both graphics engines and AI etc. So I am glad in part that ATI/nvidia are pushing dual gpu solutions because this will eventually force the hand of developers and by the time we see true multi core GPU's the engines will be there to take good advantage of it.
thoughts?