Is AMD cpu a requirement to run Mantle?

[LOST TALE]

or do you just need the graphics card?

[Emkryan]

GPU from 7000 series or up

[SkulD]

As far as I know mantle is for AMD GPU only, we think that there may be further benefits from the 8core AMD cpus because of the consoles, BF4 is highly threaded which is the future of gaming =D.

[LOST TALE]

please stay on the question.

[SkulD]

please stay on the question.

LOL k.

 

An AMD cpu is not required to run mantle, only a GPU from the 7000 series UP.

 

enjoy.

[Drown]

please stay on the question.

 

What the? 

 

They both answered you, and he was kind enough to add extra information that might be useful to you or someone else. Be grateful for god's sake.

[tristan1035]

What the? 

 

They both answered you, and he was kind enough to add extra information that might be useful to you or someone else. Be grateful for god's sake.

This. Be kinder to the people who are answering your questions and who also give you extra information. 

[LOST TALE]

LOL k.

 

An AMD cpu is not required to run mantle, only a GPU from the 7000 series UP.

 

enjoy.

Thank you ^.^

[PuNkPoEtS]

sorry to be off topic but could @LOST TALE mark the topic as answered please so if anyone else is looking for the answer

[TechFan@ic]

No it is not, however to get the native 8 core support you need an 8 core CPU and only AMD sells those at the consumer level.

[TopNotchPCLol]

No, all you need is an AMD GCN Architecture card(7000 series and above) to utilize mantle. However Mantle will be able to utilize all 8 of your CPU cores, so unless you are going from a 6 core extreme edition from Intel, you are better off getting an 8350 from AMD.

[Wolfur]

No it is not, however to get the native 8 core support you need an 8 core CPU and only AMD sells those at the consumer level.

 

Not full 8 cores and very slow per core so I wouldn't call it a day yet until we see some real benchmarks that show AMD gets any visible boost by using those 4 additional ALUs compared to native quad core (vs quad module like FX 83xx).

[TopNotchPCLol]

Not full 8 cores and very slow per core so I wouldn't call it a day yet until we see some real benchmarks that show AMD gets any visible boost by using those 4 additional ALUs compared to native quad core (vs quad module like FX 83xx).

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/48571-intel-amd-architectural-discussion-how-far-ahead-intel-really-is/

[Wolfur]

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/48571-intel-amd-architectural-discussion-how-far-ahead-intel-really-is/

 

I'm not even going to look at that, since it doesn't matter. I know what I'm saying. (I saw the thread already some time ago)

 

Last time i read all the articles about Faildozer and it's succesor, Fixshera architectures, they didn't add full cores into the design.

 

Still 4FPUs, 8 ALUs.

[TopNotchPCLol]

I'm not even going to look at that, since it doesn't matter. I know what I'm saying. (I saw the thread already some time ago)

 

Last time i read all the articles about Faildozer and it's succesor, Fixshera architectures, they didn't add full cores into the design.

 

Still 4FPUs, 8 ALUs.

Well this is very interesting. I am not defending AMD's decision on not caring about floating point performance, but it is an interesting read. It goes deep into what is the problem regarding AMD CPU's, and the same for Intel CPU's. I am not being a fanboy either way, I honestly don't care. I would like an Intel CPU but what I could get locally for the money I had didn't even let me purchase a CPU. I had to make a purchase later on. I just thought you might be interested, I didn't state whether or not it would confirm, or deny your claims either.

[Wolfur]

Well this is very interesting. I am not defending AMD's decision on not caring about floating point performance, but it is an interesting read. It goes deep into what is the problem regarding AMD CPU's, and the same for Intel CPU's. I am not being a fanboy either way, I honestly don't care. I would like an Intel CPU but what I could get locally for the money I had didn't even let me purchase a CPU. I had to make a purchase later on. I just thought you might be interested, I didn't state whether or not it would confirm, or deny your claims either.

 

All I am saying that if you took a real 8-core CPU like Xeon or heck, wait for next-year i7 octa core from Intel, and compare that to FX 83xx... FX will look like a toy in all possible benchmarks, ESPECIALLY the ones dependant on Floating Point calculations. (4 FPUs in FX 83xx vs 8 FPUs in real 8-core).

[TopNotchPCLol]

All I am saying that if you took a real 8-core CPU like Xeon or heck, wait for next-year i7 octa core from Intel, and compare that to FX 83xx... FX will look like a toy in all possible benchmarks, ESPECIALLY the ones dependant on Floating Point calculations. (4 FPUs in FX 83xx vs 8 FPUs in real 8-core).

I agree entirely

[TechFan@ic]

All I am saying that if you took a real 8-core CPU like Xeon or heck, wait for next-year i7 octa core from Intel, and compare that to FX 83xx... FX will look like a toy in all possible benchmarks, ESPECIALLY the ones dependant on Floating Point calculations. (4 FPUs in FX 83xx vs 8 FPUs in real 8-core).

In Mantle, floating point workloads will very likely be handed over to the GPU since it's a cross-platform API & that's what the devs are doing on the PS4 & XBOX1.

@lost_TALE It depends entirely  on what CPU you have right now, if you have an unlocked Intel quad core I'm not going to tell you to go grab an FX 8350, however if this is an entirely new build, then an AMD eight core CPU is your best bet,