Benasurus
-
Posts
25 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Recent Profile Visitors
752 profile views
Benasurus's Achievements
-
Do we really need better CPU at this time?
Benasurus replied to mach's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
From the point of view of a game developer, if you look at the steam hardware survey, the vast majority of gamers are running quad core CPUs most of which have relatively high clock speeds as a result. Developing software that can scale properly on multiple cores is immensely difficult not only from a technical viewpoint but also in mindset. True parallelisation is a massive paradigm shift and ultimately you can only break down a task so much keeping in mind the synchronisation you have to do across cores with games due to their dynamic nature. -
Do we really need better CPU at this time?
Benasurus replied to mach's topic in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
It's a bit of a catch 22 really. Developers are reluctant to develop software that can use multi-core architectures efficiently because the CPU market is stagnated at quad cores on the desktop and dual on mobile (laptops). Therefore there is little reason to purchase or want higher core count CPUs. The problem is that to get more performance we have to add cores. We had the same problem in the 2000s where everyone thought we could just keep increasing clock speed but realised it wasn't possible so the industry moved to dual and then quad core CPUs and introduced hyperthreading/simultaneous multi-threading. -
I doubt this is representative. Intel most likely gave him the best silicon they could get rather than risk the silicon lottery.
- 357 replies
-
- 24
-
-
I assume that would be rather unlikely as the AMD's entire CPU stack based off Ryzen are all architecturally very similar from what I understand. Therefore the issue would most likely persist across all their CPUs if it is an issue in the architecture. For AMDs sake I hope it is an issue that can be fixed with a firmware update or AMD's reputation in the professional space could be quite seriously affected.
-
What sort of magic did IBM/Lenovo use to accomplish this?
-
That is seriously impressive, I was more worried about dirt and water than the physical strength of the laptop because from what I understand laptops branded as rugged generally have good IP/MIL-STD ratings.
-
Hi, I am looking to get a rugged/tough laptop for a trip I am doing in the summer; mainly to backup the photos and videos I will be taking. Therefore it just needs to run Windows or Linux and be able to transfer files. I am on a very tight budget of £100 ($130USD) so I am looking at used laptops. I am also interested in people's experiences with 'rugged' laptops. If there is a better solution feel free to suggest it. Thank you for the help!
-
It is clear this benchmark is flawed if a GTX 950 performs about the same as a GTX 970 considering the GTX 970 has over double the cores and almost double the memory bandwidth than the GTX 950.
-
The chart shows a 970 not a 950?
-
Paradox Interactive Enormous Unprecedented Price Hikes
Benasurus replied to Andreas Lilja's topic in Tech News
This is disappointing if anything the prices should increase with age. Paradox has a portfolio high-quality games and increasing the price prevents people from enjoying them or pushes them to piracy. Hopefully, they will realise their mistake but this decision was likely made by people who only care about profit margins and not the companies reputation and long-term prospects. -
That involves 2 GPUs and my server chassis only supports as single slot Full Height/ Full Length GPU. So I was looking for information on GPU virtualisation.
-
Hello LTT Forums, I wanted to setup a LAN party for my mates and me but wanted to avoid the logistical issue of moving many PCs and the fact they have very weak PCs. I have seen that it is possible to virtualise a GPU so it can be used by multiple VMs. My plan was to have monitors with a cheap thin client hooked up and pop a GPU in my DL160 G6 and create a couple virtual desktops. I was wondering if anyone has done this before and how they did it? Thanks HP Proliant DL160 G6 Single Xeon E5520 @ 2.26GHz - Quad Core with HT 4GB DDR3-1333 2x 250GB SATA HDDs P410 Raid Controller Spare Parts 2x 72.8GB 15K SAS HDDs (1 makes a clicking sound so I have assumed is damaged and should not be used) I am already planning upgrade to 2 Hexacores and 32GB of RAM. The NVIDIA Quadro K2000 looked like a suitable GPU as I am limited to PCIe x16 Gen2 and 1 FH/FL Slot. I am on a limited budget so I can't afford a GRID K1 or similar.
-
Yeah it's only the die shrink of Haswell, hopefully Skylake-EP and Purley will make for a bigger increase in performance with Skylake-E.
-
My Rig CPU: Intel i7-5820K Stock GPU: Nvidia GTX970 (ASUS STRIX OC) RAM: Corsair DDR4 16GB (Vengeance LPX DDR4-2800)
-
Good information on Networking and Server Hardware
Benasurus replied to Benasurus's topic in Networking
Thank you for all the suggestions and help
