Exactly, who the hell cares about how many lives a GFX card has saved when purchasing one for gaming
Sadly that is the truth.
Maybe when on the operating table they will ask was a NV gfx card involved in working out this procedure.
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Sadly that is the truth.
Maybe when on the operating table they will ask was a NV gfx card involved in working out this procedure.
I think that ppl who have a preference for either ati or nvidia can agree that hopefully when gt300 is released, ati will have some kind of revision available to help keep nvidia prices down.
I would hope that a gtx 380 would be available for 370 but if not a 360 it is (depending on perf of course)
I would hope that a gtx 380 would be available for 370 but if not a 360 it is (depending on perf of course)
Then word it better next time because it looked to me like you were massively scraping the bottom of the barrel called "Why CUDA is good"
CUDA for me anyway has nothing nothing at all to make me want to purchase it
It can do video ecoding, so can ATi but faster, it can do Physx, great I don't care for that crap, it can't fold, so can ATi. BUT OH WAIT, IT SAVES LIVES?11!
I only care about the facts & the importance of focus that is relevant in regards to the subject matter in the topic & its intend use in general to users.
If a topic is NV secures a contract with a leading medical firm to supply CUDA enabled software then your comment would have more relevance.
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You were using it is a pro against the cons though. So people will take it upon themselves to view their opinion on it. Like it or not.
Fair enough... on that count but some of the responses have gone way beyond a matter of opinion... and into redicule for redicule sake...
and the best you could come up with is that it's OMG GUYSS!!? SAVED LIVES?
Oh and no I don't have anything better to do, I'm waiting to go to work
My point is, a very small margin are bothered by Physx and apart from that it offers nothing else that ATi can't do, so CUDA it self is hardly a massive selling point you seemed to make out.
It may aswell be "useless" to some people.
It may aswell be "useless" to some people.
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Whether it saves lives or not, and whether you care about CUDA or not, it increasese the compute power of your machine MASSIVELY.
Whether you care about medical imaging or not. The kind of tasks CUDA is enabling is touching EVERY bit of HPC (from Cancer research to designing forumla 1 cars). As I posted before your Nvidia card is capable of matching SUPER COMPUTERS from less than a decade ago. That is impressive, CUDA is impressive.
Whether you care about medical imaging or not. The kind of tasks CUDA is enabling is touching EVERY bit of HPC (from Cancer research to designing forumla 1 cars). As I posted before your Nvidia card is capable of matching SUPER COMPUTERS from less than a decade ago. That is impressive, CUDA is impressive.
I did not miss the boat because when i came in on CUDA in this thread your point was not part of it & the selling point was not the issue.
The issue was its uses that are important to average user & you brought up saving lives which is missing the boat on your part.
How many people run around here with Geforce in hand saving lives.
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Which is a good thing.
The first thing we, as consumers, should realise, is neither nvidia or amd care about us. They want our money, and they are motivated in taking as much of it as possible. They put the 'leg work' in so they can shift more units, and make more money, that simple.
Now that there is an open alternative, we _should_ be pushing it simply because of what it is. That is not dissing the tech, nor is it picking and choosing sides. This will make the technology more available to us, the people who matter, without having to pay the [insert_company] tax.
If it takes rampant fanboyism in order to achieve this then, although it is silly, I am glad. In this case the end justifies the means, unless you're a [insert_company] fanboy.
Back to the topic, I'm really happy to hear that nvidia are on track with a dx11 gpu. Hopefully around Christmas I will pick up whatever is the best bang for buck card for my gaming addiction.
I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but that is pathetic stuff, you should hang your head in shame.