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AMD Announces Stream Computing Will Be Mainstream Currently, AMD has manufactured and sold over 2 million ATI Radeon HD 4000 series of graphics cards and all of which are more than able to take advantage of ATI Stream Technology, but there is a catch. In order to unlock the built-in ATI Stream capabilities one must update their drivers with some new software code that will be part of the upcoming ATI Catalyst 8.12 drivers that will drop roughly a month from today. More here ... Legit Reviews - AMD Announces Stream Computing Will Be Mainstream - AMD Kicks Off Stream Technology |
Can't wait for some competition to nVidia's CUDA platform :biggrin: |
you mean... further domination of Nvidia? lol. Seriously though, imagine the 4870X2 with Stream processing and it's sideport connection (both eventually/hopefully). That's one dam powerful GPU right there. |
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As for the 2nd part, I doubt ATi will release a magic driver unlocking the sideport anytime soon :sad: |
But Meta wants.... maybe theyll wait and keep on tweaking it until Nvidia release something that threatens the 4870X2. Then they'll release it, and kick that Nvidia card back down to second place. lol. |
about time, I geuss this means I'm going to have to upgrade my 2900 soon, not just yet but soon... |
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Probably still getting some decent frame rates with it though. |
yeah, while not quite good enough for max settings on newer games it still pulls its weight quite well. I need to do a massive upgrade soon, probrably start of next year. And yes, it does save me a bit on heating but nothing compared to my laptop |
Haha, ever since AMD got their senior positions worked out the company has been doing much better. I think AMD is on the right track. Kudos to them. They need it. Nvidia needs to stop thinking about monolithic processing. I still think that they are doing a great job on the pricing of mainstream market though. This is something that ATI needs to work out. |
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