The title might be a little strange to anyone who's remotely familiar with performance bottlenecks. But rather than try to explain things on a higher level, where all of the CPU and GPU usage comparisons are done, this explains on a lower level. That is, not only the what is going on, but why it happens.
How Do Performance Bottlenecks work?
To understand how performance bottlenecks, particularly for games, it's important to understand the general flow of games from a programming standp
I think it's time that I did my second blog entry ...
For the full version, please look here!
@Ryujin2003 @8uhbbhu8 @Mira Yurizaki I hope you guys get to enjoy the last part - there's a twist at the end (although bittersweet)...
Hello there! Thank you for coming to read this blog post. I understand that you were interested in seeing what the situation is. But, before you commit to this, I must warn you. What you are about to read is quite lengthy, and will be
There was one bit I should add from this last blog:
Once you've gathered up the data, how do you use it? The biggest trouble with PerfMon in the way it gathers GPU data is, while it can do per-process data gathering, it doesn't actually capture the process you're interested in unless it's already running. While that's fine and all for observing it without logging, creating a Data Collector Set that captures the process is impossible. PerfMon uses Process IDs, or PIDs, and the game's PID wi
A bonus update to the Software Enigma Machine I did way back when. This time, I went back and refactored some code because I felt it needed it.
The Outline
Part 1
What is the Enigma Machine?
Why did I choose to implement the Enigma machine?
Before Programming Begins:
Understanding the theory of the Enigma Machine
Finding a programming environment
Part 2
Programming the features
Well... I figured out something.
The RAM wasn't dead. The motherboard probably is.
Tomorrow I'll be heading to Freegeek to pick up another H55 board and CPU. I need H55 boards anyway, so if it turns out it's working, then whatever.
In other news, I bought 4GB more RAM to even it out.
Since I've been doing some tests lately involving how applications use the video card, I thought I'd write down the process of gathering this data and presenting it. After all, any sufficiently "scientific" test should be repeatable by others, and being repeatable means knowing what to do!
What data am I gathering?
CPU Utilization
This is to see how the CPU is being used by the application. The higher the usage overall, the more likely it is to bottleneck the GPU. I may omit
Went to North Van to buy RAM today.
16GB for C$60, or around 33 GBP.
Bought it off some hypebeast wearing the latest nonsense lol. So, basically just your typical North Van teen.
Will have pictures in my later blog post.
Got a hard drive today. Here's a random pic of the train ride there.
Also, the X3440 flip I've been working on is mostly assembled. I don't have the X3440 yet; that's why the stock cooler has messy wiring.
I need a USB 3 to USB 2 header adapter. Hopefully the one I ordered off eBay from a local seller, same city, will come in soon.
What do y'all think about a FX flip? They usually come with good amounts of RAM, which I need, so it's something I'm l
First build that's on here:
Xeon X3440 - $25
8GB DDR3 (Part of the 16GB kit) - $25
H55M-S2H (With i3-530) - $35
GTX 1060 3GB - $100
Kingston A400 120GB - $28
Seagate 1TB HDD - $20
Antec Earthwatts Green 500W - $40
Kopplen N51 - $53 (New)
I'm currently waiting for the Xeon to arrive. In the meantime, I'm just using the i3.
I'll be documenting pickups, how I get them and just fun image posts of getting the parts in the future.
Tim Sweeney on buying exclusives:
Link
The creative director of Phoenix Point and CEO of Snapshot Games on their exclusivity deal with EGS:
Link
"Keep in mind that we knew there would be backlash. We knew there would be refunds. If we had to refund 100% of currently pre-orders, we'd still be in the black. We didn't make the decision lightly"
"Obviously I can't go into details about the deal - but it's for a minimum guarantee -
my computer spec:
i7-8700k
16gb 2666mhz
msi gtx 1070 gaming x oc
msi z370 gaming plus
my case raidmax segma its support 2 water cooling system 240mm in up and 360mm in front
i already buy nzxt krarken x72 for the cpu and put it in the front
now i was confuse about my gou which type or brand should i buy to make it best cooling
note: im an architecture and gaming but i buy this pc for my work so i work a lot at the gpu for rendering for hours so that why
This is a frequently asked question from people who are curious about programming. So here's the short answer: it depends.
In my experience with various programming languages such as assembly, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, TI BASIC, Visual Basic, Ruby, Bash scripting, Windows Batch scripting, and even Brainfuck (though this was a curiosity), the language itself doesn't really matter. Over time you learn a lot of things that can carry over to other languages, and you find that
This was brought up in a conversation about how Windows reports processor utilization, whether it's the CPU or GPU. You may be tempted to think that processor utilization is or should be the percentage of how much the processor is being used over time rather than something like idle time, which is defined as the CPU running the OS's idle task. In a previous blog post, I did touch upon this, but I don't think the reasoning I put painted the entire picture. Basically I said:
O
Since May 2018, the management of Facebook's in-practice allowed and posted content policy has been officially guided by Atlantic Council [2], which is basically the propaganda and disinformation arm of NATO, funded by, among others, the US government and weapons manufacturers, and which is notorious for advocating for war against NATO challengers, calling for acts of terrorism to be committed against NATO challengers like Russia, and for operating social media manipulation projects that falsely
Note: This is a copypasta of a reply I did to a topic.
I think the VRAM thing is more complicated than "[Game] uses X amount of VRAM, therefore, you need more than X amount of VRAM these days" for performance. I've been reading on the interwebs from people that games will request more VRAM than they actually need and they may never use it, much like how apps may overshoot how much memory they need (yes this is actually a thing: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091002-00
After a few days of measuring and planning in my head I think I've came up with a layout that will work and looks visually appealing to me. The two boxes on the bottom are for drive bays and i have about 4 extra inches in the back in case I need to make it wider or for cable management. I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory. If anybody sees any reason why this won't work or any reason they think it would look like s*** let me know.
This will be a very short blog post, but I hope that it helps someone.
I've noticed that many people learning C++ struggle with understanding pointers, references, variables, and the const keyword. So I plan to write a few charts and some words that can be used as a sort of reference to help. I will not try to go above and beyond in explaining what pointers, references, and const are, as there are already many resources that do wonderful jobs of that.
General Rules
There is r
When it comes to making a program for a computer, while there are a plethora of languages and ways to make an application, there's only two types of both applications and languages. This post will cover what those types are.
Programming Language Types
There are two basic types of programming languages: low level and high level.
Low level languages are the "hardware" languages, which are typically defined into two more types:
Machine language, which are literall
I have been reading a lot on the forums lately concerning data collection, conspiracies in government, big brother, education systems, health systems and the ilk of such machinations. I think the thing that worries me more is not the ideas, not the possible truth or realities of such things but the mindset that leads people to these discussions and the health of the personality that attaches to specific ideals within them.
There are many aspects to modern life that have brought
IMPORTANT EDIT: Link to my website is incorrect as I am migrating to a new datacentre!
Hi all! It's been a while, but boy have I been busy! Over the last few months, I have acquired my own server! A HP ProLiant DL380 G6 to be precise. While I will post about that separately, here I would like to show you just one of the things I am doing with it.
Scientific research!
I am using Folding@Home and BOINC to allow my server to do computing for the greater good of ma
