AMD GPU14 Tech Event Sept 25 - AMD Hawiian Islands

[Elixer]

...and more sound stuff. (4:55 PM)
Can you hear me now ?

 

[Stuka87]

Maybe this means that now I'll be able to hear guys coming up behind me for the stab in BF4 heh

I can hear guys walk up behind me in BF3 with headphones on now. So you should be able too in 4 as well.

 

[FiLeZz]

I left the steam long ago just got my popcorn for all the funny comments in here which is more fun then the stream.

I totally agree with you.

 

[Black Octagon]

Oh no, another audio presentation. It's nearly 11pm here, I'm off to bed. I'm jumping online as soon as I wake up, and when my screaming wakes up my wife it better be a cry of joy at graphics-related details, rather than a moan at hearing that this audio stuff is all we're really learning about the new GPU. Night y'all

 

[Crap Daddy]

Bring back the Indian guy. He's funnier.

 

[exar333]

The way you put it, it seems like they are trying to shift focus off their card which probably won't beat the GTX 780, and to something different to make you forget that it's slower. I am not watching currently but if it's like everyone is saying...that's the feeling I get.

I agree. Instead of focusing on performance, more 'marketing features' are being pushed. We all know how well that has worked for AMD on the CPU front.

More Corez!!!

 

[BallaTheFeared]

So I'm probably the only one...

But...

"Hey our new GPU has a big bus, check out 4K res"

Ok let's talk about something else so we can avoid talking about how it isn't as fast as some other card(s)...

 

[Grooveriding]

They should of put up a few minutes of Battlefield 4 running on a 290X or several of them with a fraps counter in the corner. Give people something to talk about that is interesting and has some hints, but nothing concrete, of performance.

No one wants to listen to non-stop ramblings with no breaks of real content. Bring out the physical card at least...

 

[pcslookout]

You changed your name but I still know who you are.

So Ha.

 

[Teizo]

They should of put up a few minutes of Battlefield 4 running on a 290X or several of them with a fraps counter in the corner. Give people something to talk about that is interesting and has some hints, but nothing concrete, of performance.

No one wants to listen to non-stop ramblings with no breaks of real content. Bring out the physical card at least...

Give them time. Always save the meat and potatoes for last. That is the only way to keep people's attention mid way.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Omg you guys are so freaking funny,i did not watch the beginning or the ending of this stream but you guys sound like me right now,going [what] is up with this freaking crap with the audio while my wife thinks i lost my mind laughing at all this audio bs and your comments lol.

Profanity isn't allowed in the technical forums.
-- stahlhart

 

[wand3r3r]

Algorithms? It feels like I'm in class, I can't imagine reporters want to hear this much less 25k users.

 

[Revolution 11]

I am probably more interested in the audio tech than most people here but they should have just created a separate talk just for audio.

And the horrible music between speakers does not mix well with a hard focus on audio.

 

[Abwx]

The audio thingy is more than interesting , true innovation
that to recreate the playing ground acoustics caracteristics...

 

[Gloomy]

Bring back the Indian guy. He's funnier.

He passed out, they're juicing him an IV of caffeine.

 

[Sohaltang]

I hope they did not spend much time on this audio crap. My cpu does not need the gpu to help out with sound. I need more frames! I would rather trade gpu sound for another 2% graphics performance.

 

[24601]

Another sound guy [redacted], 3 sound guys why?

Profanity isn't allowed in the technical forums.
-- stahlhart

 

[FredNotFound404]

I think this initiative sounds great. There was a patch for MWO that disabled 7.1 and I simply could not play the game in 2.0. It was so aweful, like playing in 640x480. But then I have exceptionally good hearing and play music too.

That's my point, a good part of gamers can't hear the difference or simply don't care, people that are like or work in the music area, are the ones that most of the time will notice the difference, you ears are train for that or already have that natural ability.

 

[chimaxi83]

Yes. Only the cards with BoringAudio are new.

Something tells me if this came from the other side, audio improvements would be mandatory.

 

[SiliconWars]

Oh God, he did not just try to convince me that reaction to audio cues is more important than visual cues. Maybe over my 12th beer but not while I'm watching a GPU launch...

Audio cues are far more important in some games. If you ever played an MMO you'll know the importance of hearing certain sounds before seeing players.

 

[exar333]

I saw the 'conlcusion' on the last audio slide and thought they were done!

Nope...

 

[sontin]

Something tells me if this came from the other side, audio improvements would be mandatory.

I have a creative soundcard and i do not even care about it anymore.

 

[Techhog]

So, I guess the $180 AR Powercolor PCS+7950 I ordered yesterday isn't something to regret right now, huh?

 

[exar333]

This presenter sucks. I don't think he even knows what a game is...

 

[Gloomy]

Man, this would have been great on Hitman