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17Feb/120

Recent GPU cost-effective statistical chart-GPU, cost-effective, charts

German friends MadmanniMan, brought us the recent GPU cost-effective to produce their own charts.This chart contains the AMD recently released four products - Radeon HD 7750,7770,7950 and 7970. This recent GPU cost-effective statistical chart covers the market in the sale NVIDIA and AMD's mainstream and high-end products.This recent GPU cost-effective statistical tables and charts show that all the red arrows line side of the product has a good price, in the red arrows line the bottom of the product cost is not high.In addition, this recent GPU cost-effective statistical tables and charts, but also digitally NVIDIA and AMD's mainstream and high-end products cost-effective in the sale, the greater the L / P values, indicating that the higher the product cost.We can see that AMD's Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 are 1.01 L / P topped the list, indicating that the two models, the most cost-effective in the current graphics card on the market, ready to cut-off of AMD's Radeon HD 6850 and 6770 were 1.0 and 0.97 L / P, followed by AMD's latest release of the Radeon HD7770 and 7750, the L / P values ​​were 0.74 and 0.79, just the pressure line.This recent GPU cost-effective statistical chart shows, the graphics market cost the lowest AMD and NVIDIA is currently the single card Huang-Radeon HD 7 970 and the GeForce GTX 580, L / P values ​​were 0.49 and 0.51.

13Feb/120

NVIDIA-NVIDIA,GeForce GTX GeForce GTX 680 preview 680,GK104,Kepler preview

Following After yesterday 3DCenter.org, the BSN website has always been good at depth analysis also released today the news about NVIDIA 28nm process Kepler architecture GK104 core: part of the site yesterday reported substantially the same, but there are some nuances worth pondering. (On yesterday's rumors PCINLIFE administrator cho's uncharacteristically did not throw a \"Fake\" or \"makes up\" left, in addition to a variety of sources has been indirectly implied the majority of the details are true)
First the core frequency and Shader frequencies on NVIDIA unified this long reports. Kepler framework, a set of SM CUDA Core amount of contrast Fermi structure GF114 was promoted to double, from 48 to 96. Memory controller for the 256bit interface, these yesterday 3DCenter message.
Next, let's look at the core schematic of GK104:

Big eyes and a look the and GF110 similar, but a closer look can be found in the SP number jumped from 512 to 1536. BSN said initially the NVIDIA consider the GK104 listed early name is the GeForce GTX 660, but 99% of the officially listed the name of GeForce GTX 680, the remaining 1% for the GTX 660/670. Price and before different mouth Charlie said: GeForce GTX 680 located in the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB/GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core / GeForce GTX 570's replacement, the initial price of 349-399 dollars. The performance is certainly better than the previous generation flagship GeForce GTX 580 to be much higher, the most important thing is the GK104 able to not only get rid of $ 449 Radeon HD 7950 3GB, $ 549 Radeon HD 7 970 also mention the news that 3DMark 11 X-mode score may about 3000, the night blast down 1,000 yuan seems about to appear ... (Hint: 1536/1024 or 768/512)
Next is the framework for analysis of GK104, Kepler, times a set of SM 96 CUDA Core, a GPC (Graphics Processing Clusters) containing 4 SM 384 CUDA the Core. The GK104 containing 1536 (4GPC), 2304 CUDA the Core is not difficult to speculate top GK110 may contain 6GPC. The memory controller may still be the low end entry level 64bit, midrange mainstream 128bit, high-end 256bit the top 384/512bit-- should be used in HPC, or a GK110 the GeForce GTX 690. Kepler's mobile graphics core is already long been taped to complete CES, Samsung has demonstrated a laptop equipped with the most low-end (96CUDA the Core). (Driver identify frequency / specifications)

Tahiti, XT, contrast and AMD GK104 on the number of ROP and TMU - are 32 and 128, but the memory controller indicators continued the \"traditional\" as good as AMD, 2GB 256bit GDDR5 memory on on Raeon HD 7 970/7950 of 3GB. However, the advantage on price and performance I think we will also force the rival product price.
And GF110, GK104 fact, for half of the single-precision, double precision floating point performance in two versions - Production Quadro and Tesla, the theoretical production GeForce quarter.
Comparison with the the GK104 core frequency is tentatively set at 950MHz, BSN, said the sources said that NVIDIA's laboratory initially available in two versions: 772MHz for the same the GeForce GTX 580, 925MHz for the same Tahiti, XT, for comparison, the actual shipping version of the core frequency may be between 950-1000MHz. Of course, the little blue pill for like AMD, NVIDIA is also stepping up to adjust the BIOS, fight for the public version of the the GK104 core frequency will stand on a 1GHz. If NVIDIA can not accomplish this goal, it will be the first time open to non-public version / AIC overclocked version.
Memory area, a tentative frequency of 1.25GHz equivalent 5GHz, relatively GF100/110 of up to 25%. This regard, AMD, GDDR5 memory / controller to be regarded as the standard-setting, one of AMD's GPU engineers to improve the GDDR5 memory has advantages also not unusual. Calculated by the previously described frequency, GK104 with 160GB / s memory bandwidth, compared to the GTX 580's 192.4GB / s, a slight decrease compared to the expected substitution products GTX, 560 of Ti and GTX, 560 Ti the GF110 core version / GTX, 570 128.27GB / s and 152GB / s have raised.
All these specifications, the single-precision floating-point capability 2.9-3.05TFLOPS, double-precision floating-point for the 486-500GFLOPS. Version of Quadro and Tesla will have to unlock the double-precision floating-point computing power - that is, around 1.5-1.6TFLOPS and GTX 580 single-precision floating point capability is quite significantly higher than the Fermi core Quadro and Tesla.
BSN concluded by stating that users will not wait too long, NVIDIA is poised to start Kepler's pre-sale / Distribution operations (including mid-GK107 - GeForce GTX 650, etc.), used against AMD will market action February 15 release of \"Cape Verde\", CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, the Radeon HD 7700 series, and in March, posted on Pitcairn Radeon HD 7800 series. Perhaps next month on the market will be able to see Kepler entity.

29Jan/120

Games shot put Mito – Mito, Mod, Crysis

From the United Kingdom by Duncan Harris bills itself as " games on assignment (Videogame Pornographer) ". He is good at using the console command, custom perspectives and FXAA filters such as third-party Mod to intercept the most beautiful scenes in the game.
Following are some of his works. Now hottest of Mod large pit ancient scrolls 5: sky under, Zhang Zhang are can for wallpapers: used with a paragraph engine (Gamebyro), had spawned various evildoer, are has had gas of Mod hot radiation 3 under: Valve produced of to Source engine for core of PC game has always been on all kinds of Mod very tolerance, so they on into has color shadow Division practise of preferred: Half-Life 2 under Left 4 Dead 2 under transfer door 2 under,

Be in a hurry to go on a trip not a taste of the beauty of the Source engine: works based on the Source engine Mod DEAR ESTHER: Unreal engine games, black Street shines even in his play with, such as the familiar of the BioShock: the mass effect 2 (player-made high-precision character maps) the Bulletstorm Alice: return of impermanence Some is not in the picture as a selling point, or rather old game engine technology to make arrangements by Duncan Harris exception is exquisite.
For example, the modern warfare 2 …… CoD? Yes, sew up of id Tech 3 (IW internal called IW 4) engine actually also can occupies place: let ID facial do lost of Tech 5 (Rage): game sexual full of Wii works (include Super Mario Galaxy and large mess bucket, using Dolphin simulation device): to PC for target platform of game most easy in depending on effect aspects made overwhelming sexual advantage, such as came out soon of Hard Reset under, almost without how set on can obtained is good of screen

Quality: and, for example Mod retention program in the field of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series (including shadow of Chernobyl, clear sky): continue along the new pillar of the Crysis: in order to take care of the host platform brandished a knife from the Palace of the Crysis 2: used to be PC to play home to find superiority of the GTA 4 (ENB light enhancement patch, 2160p rendering): Finally attach the color on assignment to configure: · Intel original motherboard DX58SO2· Intel i7-980X
· 6GB pirate ship DDR3· NVIDIA GeForce GTX580
· Intel + Samsung HD250HJ X2 320 120GB solid state hard drive (500GB 7,200 RPM array) · Samsung 2333SW 23-inch widescreen monitor configuration unexpectedly low, isn\'t it? He intercepted us and change the display driver is the secret of the EDID values, making the system incorrectly thought that the best resolution for the device as 2160p (sold in most monitors could not reach the value), then using the NVIDIA Control Panel and add a custom registry 2160p resolution, so that the game can be enabled in the video options 2160p resolution (the desktop resolution is still 1080p)
, And then use MSAA or FXAA with a sharpening filter to crawl to a 2160p rendering of the game screen, using Photoshop compresses resolution up to 1080p (meals are commonly used tricks).
Of course, he can also provide 2160p image, but unless it is published, otherwise for the vast majority of people, the resolution meaningless. Because of the latest NVIDIA drivers do not let him do that change, so his long video card driver is not updated.

29Jan/120

GK104 will be named GeForce GTX 670 Ti? -NVIDIA, Kepler, GK104, GTX 670 Ti?

GeForce GTX 560 Ti to achieve a \"titanium\" signs of a successful revival of the word, but later some of the GeForce GTX 550 Ti unworthy of the name, and the latest from the domestic hardware forum Bao Liu said, NVIDIA next-generation architecture of the end of Kepler core GK104 will be named \"GeForce GTX 670 Ti\".
GK104 is now generally believed that the upgrading of GF114 core, a series of performance-level market, according to NVIDIA's product naming in recent years, code-named the last one is 4 core tend to be x60, such as GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTX 560 / Ti, etc., will be different this do? Was later increased GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660? These currently unknown, but it looks like NVIDIA seems to be more \"Ti\" suffix of the signs.

In addition, according to the OBR has always been more reliable reports, Kepler's first product will be released in April, is probably the GK104.
Yesterday we just said, NVIDIA has started shipping to notebook manufacturers Kepler chip, this will be the new Intel Ivy Bridge in April along with the market, maybe that is the core of the derivative GK104.
Thank Zhang Qiang provide news clues

19Jan/120

Alien to mini machine:-Dell Alienware X51 games host, DELL,Alienware X51, mini, NVIDIA,Optimus

Alienware's gaming machines in the brand image is more deeply rooted. Just this afternoon, Dell held a conference in San Francisco, California, announced the latest Alienware products - the brand's first mini X51. Overall size and the old version of the Xbox 360 65nm process almost.
Although the size small, but Alienware is this product for gamers since it naturally will not use Atom / Brazos APU platforms. X51 uses an H61 mini-ITX motherboard, use the desktop version of the LGA 1155 Core i3/i5/i7 processor, providing maximum 8GB DDR3 memory (standard 4GB). Motherboard supports USB 3.0, integrated WiFi module and a slim DVD burner / Blu-ray drive.
The most important graphics, X51 has a PCI-Express x16 slot, support up to 9 inches around 228.6mm of the dual-slot graphics card. Hard drive cage to support installation of a 3.5-inch hard drive or a pair of 2.5-inch HDD (but need to transfer), can also use the 3.5 in. HDD +2.5 inch SSD combination. In addition, X51 and M17x/M18x notebook also has a similar external power supply module.
Specific configuration section, Alienware X51 standard graphics for the GeForce GT 545/GeForce GTX 555, both of which are OEM-specific models, with GDDR5 memory. GT 545 is a GTX 550 Ti shrink version, CUDA cores down to 144, down to 870 core frequency, memory frequency is equivalent to about 4GHz, width is 128bit. The GTX 555 is the GTX 560's scaled-down, similar to the GTX 460 SE specification and GTX 460 V2 combination, with the former and the latter the number of CUDA cores and other specifications: 288 CUDA Core, 776MHz core frequency, 192bit memory interface , equivalent to about 4GHz memory frequency. Most importantly, both the desktop graphics card also supports NVIDIA's Optimus technology, can greatly reduce the use of power.
General configuration details are listed below:
-CPU: Intel Core i3 (standard) dual-core / i5 or i7 quad-core processor
- Motherboard: H61 chipset Mini-ITX specification
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 1GB GDDR5 (standard) / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 1GB GDDR5, Optimus intelligent switching technology to support
- Memory: 4GB DDR3-1333 (standard), upgradeable to 8GB, 2 DIMM slots
- Hard disk: Standard high-speed 7200rpm 1TB (picture point of view seems to be Western Digital Blue plate)
- Optical Drive: Slim DVD burner (standard) / Blu-ray
- Expansion: Gigabit networks, 802.11 a / b / g / n WiFi, 6 个 USB 2.0,2 a USB 3.0, HDMI 1.4a output, SPDIF output, HD audio output
- Power Supply: Alienware custom 240W (standard) / 330W
- Size: 343 * 95 * 318mm
- Weight: about 5.49kg

The Dell price is relatively kind, priced at just $ 699, the high-priced strategy for the Alienware is consistently regarded as valuable, and then take into account the work problem, some users considered a good choice.

16Jan/120

Jen-Hsun Huang: world premiere next year NVIDIA 64bit ARM processor-NVIDIA, Project Denver, Grey, Tegra 3, ARM, ARMv8, 64bit

Since NVIDIA's Tegra it might CES theme is talk about some more: Last week, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said in an interview, NVIDIA integrated LTE MODEM's Tegra (formerly code-named mentioned in \"Grey\" products) and as the world's first a 64bit ARM processor \"Project Denver\" will ship officially in 2013, in addition to Huang also mentioned about the topic of Windows 8.
Windows 8 will change the world the same as Windows 95
Jen-Hsun Huang said: \"Historically, Windows 95 release, PC in the main by the commercial market jumped into the consumer market darling. The Windows 8 will play the same effect - directly reached the most popular mobile Internet market. \"
He also said: \"Because Microsoft has a Visual Studio software developer in this most attractive of the weapons, but also the de facto standard. Windows 8, the application store will also have considerable appeal. \"
And the General Assembly in September, Microsoft is different than the CES speech on public display outside vendors to run Windows 8 flat only NVIDIA, and NVIDIA's official blog also revealed that Microsoft's presentation based on the same plate used Tegra 3.

NVIDIA at CES show Tegra 3-Windows 8 tablet
Version Win8 ARM ARM is the most important version of Microsoft Office
For Intel and Motorola mobile phones, signed a cooperation agreement on Medfield, Huang commented that he is the most valued competition, and now two camps on the processor x86/ARM help battle the sound development of the market. And the current smart phones, ARM camp advantages of being unable to shake, developers also tend to make the application on the ARM product optimization. x86 applications into the smart phone market, in addition to the compatibility and how to attract foreign software developers this problem.
But in Windows 8 on the ARM camp has the same Achilles heel exists: Windows on a normal Win32 application can not run on ARM version of Windows 8, which is ARM and Intel in the Android camp experience (using a virtual machine, at least 50% do not involve hardware) is different from zero only.
Huang reiterated his meeting at the end of AsiaD view, although Microsoft has not talked about ARM version of Office, but he believes it is absolutely necessary for the ARM camp.
LTE version of the Tegra, Denver 2013 years will be shipped
For a weak current Tegra tablet - does not support LTE problem, Huang said: \"Indeed the current Tegra 3 and only a combination of ordinary 3G MODEM, but the relative market share of 3G LTE or greater. But six months after the 2012 Qualcomm, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, Infineon and Ericsson will launch the corresponding solutions. Tegra 3 products will certainly support LTE. \"
In addition, Huang said: \"Indeed Tegra SoC in contrast to Qualcomm's LTE MODEM backward integration is a fact, but NVIDIA is the pioneer in quad-core. We plan to release next year integrated LTE MODEM's Tegra. \"
Prior to NVIDIA's plans, Cortex-A15 architecture, \"Wayne\" and integrated baseband / MODEM's \"Grey\" both debut in 2013.

As last year's CES debut \"Project Denver\", Huang said that in order to clarify some of the messages will not develop their own x86 NVIDIA core, Denver will be the extensive cooperation and ARM architecture compatibility and and ARMv8. Currently NVIDIA has a team of engineers and hundreds of people to develop ARMv8 ARM 64bit instruction set architecture and so on.
Huang also said, NVIDIA and ARM's long-term cooperation program, the Project Denver next year, shipping will be the world's first 64bit ARM-based processors, for from the HPC, server to the next generation of notebook, tablet PC's broad market.

15Jan/120

Huang: About Kepler we should calm + patient-NVIDIA, Kepler, CES, Fudzilla, patience

It seems more than the author alone NVIDIA CES keynote evaded Kepler message confused, Fudzilla editors too.

NVIDIA CEO speeches when interviewed after the end of Huang Renxun, Fudzilla representative asked a question about Kepler has gone. Get answer though is Orwellian newspeak, but looked very calm: be patient. In addition, Fudzilla also received news that before the opening of CES NVIDIA had an internal discussion whether with Kepler on the keynote product display, this last idea was rejected.
Fudzilla says according to their sources, this is purely a business policy/decisions, and Kepler\'s publication date may be later than first expected the first quarter of 2012 medium-term, advanced or postponed to first quarter second quarter. Of course, there are different views, like OBR claimed yesterday after the original update today called Kepler may be faster than I expected you …… does not know how fast method.

15Jan/120

Kepler refuse paper release needed 3:-NVIDIA, Kepler, Kepler, paper publications, hard publication,

CES 2012 seems to mark the NVIDIA graphics card makers turned from software companies to car manufacturers, the next-generation graphics, \"Kepler\" mean? AMD in particular, the \"Southern Islands\" after the near-perfect performance, NVIDIA will of how to deal with? Although Huang comrades told us to calm, but this is clearly unrealistic.
VR-Zone today to get news, NVIDIA is not discussed at CES 2012, showing Kepler, not \"rush\" released for a reason, because they did not like AMD to a \"paper release\" just wait until there is enough product to market after the talk.
NVIDIA originally planned in the first quarter of 2012 (that is, NVIDIA's fourth quarter fiscal year 2012) released Kepler's GeForce desktop and notebook versions, and then in the second and third quarter were launched Quadro workstation version, Tesla high performance computing version.
But now, the plan changed to ensure adequate distribution in the first degree and inventory levels, and all partners are ready to wait, but there is no release of a very specific time, the most optimistic estimates have to the end of March (the first quarter), it is more realistic in April. Perhaps together with the Intel Ivy Bridge arrived instead.

10Jan/120

NVIDIA GK104 renewed speculation: 32 million transistors $ 399-NVIDIA, GK104, rumors, specifications

Morning, the just-concluded NVIDIA CES keynote CEO Jen-Hsun Huang did not disclose on GeForce / Quadro / Tesla-related news. But it's not naturally there are other official sources, the Czech Republic today has released an OBR next generation NVIDIA core-side main GK104 Kepler detailed specifications chart.
As a fact, GeForce GTX 560 Ti's successor, GK104 integrating 3.2 billion transistors, design performance than the GeForce GTX 580 by about 10% -15%, depending on the frequency difference in AMD Tahiti or between family Radeon HD 7950/7970 and Radeon HD 7970 quite. Said to control power consumption is also good, the core can easily over the same frequency on 1100MHz. Pricing and GeForce GTX 570 is the equivalent of $ 399. Specifications described in the following figure, we can see that the previously reported core / Shader frequency of unity has been confirmed from multiple sources:

But on this memory controller is still in doubt, PCINLIFE administrator cho in the Radeon HD 7970 evaluation data should be implied 256bit. If you use 256bit memory controller, then NVIDIA is bound to push the memory frequency to 5.5GHz and AMD like to get around the memory bandwidth and reliable manner as not to become a bottleneck.

6Jan/120

Graphics and computing: AMD GCN historical analysis of-AMD,GCN of the schema, the schema, the South Island, South Island, Tahiti,7900, graphics, calculations,

\"This article is reprinted from scolded baidu扯蛋loaded\" Radeon is a good video card, but is not a good GPU video card, since the time of AMD Radeon HD4000 provides a number of excellent products for gamers, HD5000/HD6000 series without losing NVIDIA product at the same level, performance, functionality, price, power consumption in areas such as both are very good.
AMD next generation HD7000 series, we have no doubt it will have better performance in 3D games.

But as a GPU, AMD products clearly inferior to many, does not support physical General computing performance than CUDA acceleration, Stream, software also supports GPU accelerated a handful, it has become of AMD\'s biggest weakness, and became objects of NVIDIA and NFan attack.
With the passage of time, AMD finally tasted the entrenchment of the bitter pill of conservative: when NVIDIA\'s CUDA computing course entering high school and Academy, Tesla into Supercomputing market, professional Quadro won 95% card market share when AMD Radeon can only swim in the area of 3D gaming, keep as it is hard for half. I think back to first put forward by AMD GPU general purpose computing concepts, but ended up in the hands of NVIDIA CUDA carried forward. Many people think that this is after AMD acquired ATI can hardly look after oneself, in fact, the root cause is that GPU architecture —— a traditional GPU based on 3D graphics processing is not suitable for large scale parallel computing, AMD GPU has a horror of theoretical computing capacity you can\'t release.

And NVIDIA G80 time completed a magnificent turning, and gradually perfect the hardware and software work together, make it essential for high performance computing accessories to GPU. The saying goes, good: misery knows no boundaries, and hold back, it is never too late, and not too late. AMD was finally codenamed Southern Islands (Southern Islands) in next-generation GPU, enable completely new architecture, AMD called “ Graphics Core Next&rdquo, (GCN, next generation graphics core), and as a revolutionary title.
This was after AMD acquired ATI GPU architecture for the first time in nearly 5 years to be “ have a fracture ” “ &rdquo operation;, while the core content of the structure is optimized for parallel computation of design. The AMD “ next generation graphics core ” compared to the five-year-old structure what improved? Parallel computing performance compared to its competitor NVIDIA has no advantage? 3D gaming performance will be the impact?

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