AMD: Asymetric Physics Rendering

[Metr0]

Just got a lot of info on upcoming RD790, here is a bit of info im preparing a biger new with a lot more info on RD790


http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/18/asymetricrenderingcopycp1.jpg


Source: http://www.chilehardware.com/foro/amd-asymetric-physics-t56370.html?t=56370

 

[Kromis]

WHAT THE PHHHH......

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I like my money in my wallet...

 

[Falloutboy]

well depending on the performance could be nice to get a mid range card at first then when you get more money just getting a high end card and putting the midrange one on phsyics duty

 

[postmortemIA]

Nice in theory, different in practice...

Multicore CPUs are de facto standard now, I'll be more glad if game developers manage to utilize both cores first.

I don't see this asymmetric thing work by itself, I think games still have to be optimized by developers.

 

[Metr0]

yeah biggest drawback is that you still need game to be programed the right way

 

[aka1nas]

I wouldn't mind grabbing a relatively cheap x1600 or x1650 for physics if it ends up giving decent performance. Finally have use for that other PCI-E X16 slot.