Some general GPU questions.

[Omaeka]

Sorry for yet another topic but you guys are really knowledgeable.

1. What does V-RAM do? I know it's used for display resolution, but otherwise I'm clueless.

2. What does the Core Clock do? This I have absolutely no idea about, I was told recently but I kinda forgot.

3. What does the Memory Clock do?

4. Do the shaders do anything other than SSAO and shaders/lighting?

5. What is the Memory Interface?

6. What are processing cores?

7. Is there anything at all I've missed that graphics cards have that directly control performance?

Also, don't mean to be cheeky but would it be possible to know what each is responsible for? i.e: VRAM handles anti aliasing (probably wrong ).

Cheers!

 

[Omaeka]

Are any of the settings more important than others? I'm really interested in knowing what V-RAM does though, I know that resolution is solely dependent on V-RAM?

 

[Omaeka]

Hope that helps you understand a little better. I tried to explain it as simple as possible but I am useless at explaining things.

Mate those are perfect and well explained! I did kinda have an inkling that it works the same as a mini computer but I thought I'd be wrong as I usually am.

How important is core clock? I noticed that's the difficult one to increase without the temperatures climbing too much. The core clock is effectively the same as the CPU meaning (i5-3570k 3.4Ghz) < it's that part? Or is the core clock the same as an entire CPU unit not just it's speed?

 

[Omaeka]

Well I get what you mean. So basically with the mini computer theory, the VRAM works like actual RAM does. With that being said, could you look at each piece of the game as programs on a computer? i.e those textures over there are an internet browser, the aliasing is i dunno, a anti virus program in the background and so on, and when all of those together start to require more memory than the GPU has, just like a computer would with its RAM, it'll start to get bad performance? This mini computer analogy is brilliant.

 

[Omaeka]

So normal memory RAM in your PC can actually be important for performance? I take it the speed and power of the RAM means more than the amount of it, do you know what the performance of the HyperX Genesis RAM is? Would getting stronger more efficient RAM be a worthwhile performance boost? Or will I simply never run out of 3GB VRAM?