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Xandos

Xandos

Xandos

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Hi guys,

So, I'm making a new build - one which I intend to last for 3 or 4 years.

On the topic of graphics cards.... I'm not a huge gamer, so that's not my main concern even though I wouldn't mind playing a game or two here and there.

What interests me is the idea of processing data on the GPU, I work with CAD and being able to render on the GPU would be insane - how far off is this?

Basically, I'm wondering - is the 8800 GTS capable of running code on it? Or is it limited only to drawing graphics. How close is this next step of development - am I being optimistic with thinking about graphics card power for other purposes than realtime graphics?

Thanks for reading.
 
Nvidia already use GPU proccesing in Adobe Photoshop CS4 using a lot of there GPU's, have a look on the web for it.
 
Thanks for the replies.

Is there some special technology that a card needs to have to be able to do this? Or can pretty much any card be used in this manner? Basically I don't want to get the card, then a program which utilitizes them, to see an error saying "get a card with 'x technology' to use this function"...
 
google "CUDA", any thing from the NVidia 8x00 series onwards will support it with the correct drivers. There are massive performance gains to be made for natively asynchronous, massively parallel algorithms.
 
Ah, thanks, that was what I needed to know.

C code can be run on the card I want to get, using an architecture that will remain compatible (for a while at least).

Thanks again!
 
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