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Invisible escreveu:
> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-cpu-gpu,6645.html
>
> Crysis with no GPU? Now I've seen everything!
cool, now povray can target the GPU and expect to have a better
performance on WARP! XD
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scott wrote:
> But how is it going to work if the entire video card is "missing" like
> they say?
I'm guessing the idea is you can use the video built into the motherboard
and still do fast 3D graphics stuff on it. Most motherboards still come
with a lame graphics chip you can at least get into the BIOS with, and a lot
of the Intel chips come with build-in video stuff in the chipset that uses
system memory as backing store.
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Understanding the structure of the universe
via religion is like understanding the
structure of computers via Tron.
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Le 27/08/2009 18:57, Darren New nous fit lire :
> scott wrote:
>> But how is it going to work if the entire video card is "missing" like
>> they say?
>
They say (at least now): missing *video card driver*.
The video card is ok, but the driver could be corrupted/missing/gone
fishing...
Basically, they do the 3D operations on CPU and use the 2D/desktop
graphic card to display the result. (just like a basic movie player)
Nothing fancy.
Just look what happen when using a GPU at first install (before you
insert the driver CD/download the driver/...): the desktop is working,
but it's not as smooth as it can be. (and limited
capability/compatibility is provided: only 800x600/1024x768/.... no big
1920x1200 yet)
All you need is access to the video-memory, basic setting of ram-dac,
and there you go!
OpenGL in software has been doing that for year.
It's slow, it's ugly, but it works.
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>>> But how is it going to work if the entire video card is "missing" like
>>> they say?
>>
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> They say (at least now): missing *video card driver*.
> The video card is ok, but the driver could be corrupted/missing/gone
> fishing...
It still says this bit on my browser:
"Systems built to take advantage of WARP from a hardware standpoint will be
able to display graphics even when the video card is missing-or toasted."
After reading the MS website, I think what they mean is that even when your
PC has no graphics card *at all*, the CPU can still generate graphics
(including 3D stuff) and pipe the display down a remote desktop connection
or whatever.
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scott wrote:
> "Systems built to take advantage of WARP from a hardware standpoint
> After reading the MS website, I think what they mean is that even when
> your PC has no graphics card *at all*, the CPU can still generate
> graphics (including 3D stuff) and pipe the display down a remote desktop
> connection or whatever.
They also say "from a hardware standpoint", which would imply maybe you need
the routing to be right for the connector (for example) so that the graphics
card plugs in between, rather than carrying the connector with it, for example.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Understanding the structure of the universe
via religion is like understanding the
structure of computers via Tron.
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