Dependence of NVIDIA G8x Architecture Performance on the Amount of Shader Units

jmke · 7th September 2007, 10:55

Do existing applications really need so many graphisc card ALUs? Do existing games really load these ALUs with enough pixel and vertex shaders? Is reduced number of units justified for Mid- and Low-End GPUs? Today we'll try to answer all these questions by analyzing performance of the GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card in several popular games with various numbers of ALUs enabled: 32, 64, 96, and 128.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...g80_units.html

jmke · 7th September 2007, 10:57

Interesting test, shows that at high resolutions, doubling the Shader Units will definitely boost performance up some more

7th September 2007, 11:16

Do they have to rub it in so much to most x2 owners that they need new CPUs?

7th September 2007, 11:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rutar

Do they have to rub it in so much to most x2 owners that they need new CPUs?

I assume that was sarcasm? They did no such thing.

7th September 2007, 10:55	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Dependence of NVIDIA G8x Architecture Performance on the Amount of Shader Units Do existing applications really need so many graphisc card ALUs? Do existing games really load these ALUs with enough pixel and vertex shaders? Is reduced number of units justified for Mid- and Low-End GPUs? Today we'll try to answer all these questions by analyzing performance of the GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card in several popular games with various numbers of ALUs enabled: 32, 64, 96, and 128. http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...g80_units.html __________________

7th September 2007, 10:57	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Interesting test, shows that at high resolutions, doubling the Shader Units will definitely boost performance up some more __________________

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7th September 2007, 11:16	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	Do they have to rub it in so much to most x2 owners that they need new CPUs?