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Does software have anything to do with hardware?

considering software regulates the voltage that decides whether hardware doesn't run, runs, or fries... I'd say yes too. Oh and yes, hardware needs drivers to interface with other hardware.
 
Forgot to ask something of anyone who replies: If you vote, it would be appreciated if you could post why you voted what you did such as Mikey, Talcite, and pkme2 have done. Thanks for reminding me guys.
 
I voted yes. I say so because someone I know someone who plays software in the form of WoW and is getting mediocre performance because of mediocre hardware. I on the other hand enjoy superb performance with later, more up to date hardware. Hardly a coincidance.
 
EVERYONE VOTE FOR THE SECOND ONE

this is clearly a common sense thread for people who are too tired to think.

should be something like: will CD AUDIO/DVD/etc (optical media) change in the future, utilizing advanced microscopic chips to prohibit the reproduction of its type of media?

has Sony made a step into the deeper realm? use the permanent marker still? have they realized that software utilities can evade copy-protection technology?

are we in an era where humans lack the knowledge that too much or too little is a bad thing? has this lasted?

how does this relate to hardware engineers versus software engineers? copying media is much easier than copying hardware. however, in the industry development stage, do hardware-based engineers cheat as well?

blah blah blah
 
Originally posted by: josh6079
Originally posted by: beggerking
SOFTWARE HAS NOTHING TO DO HARDWARE!!!!...Its not like software won't work correctly without hardware...You are dumb, are you?...stop the your sig crap. You are making yourself look like a fool.
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I'm suspicious of your poll question...
Give us a link to that quote, so that we can read it in context.

 
No, nothing "simple" about that poll. What's the meaning with the question? What is the context?

No, Application software does not concern itself directly with hardware. The OS provides services for the software. That's why your game will run regardless what model or brand of videocard you have installed.
But the OS and drivers are of of course also "software", and software that have everything to do with the hardware so Yes.
And yes, what software is available depends entirely on the limitations of current hardware. The availability of more software tools for new purposes and more powerful software tools for old uses, follows from the evolution of hardware.

Edit: I voted No.
 
Originally posted by: Blain
Originally posted by: josh6079
Originally posted by: beggerking
SOFTWARE HAS NOTHING TO DO HARDWARE!!!!...Its not like software won't work correctly without hardware...You are dumb, are you?...stop the your sig crap. You are making yourself look like a fool.
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I'm suspicious of your poll question...
Give us a link to that quote, so that we can read it in context.
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Here you go. have fun.
 
Originally posted by: Vee
No, nothing "simple" about that poll. What's the meaning with the question? What is the context?

No, Application software does not concern itself directly with hardware. The OS provides services for the software. That's why your game will run regardless what model or brand of videocard you have installed.
But the OS and drivers are of of course also "software", and software that have everything to do with the hardware so Yes.
And yes, what software is available depends entirely on the limitations of current hardware. The availability of more software tools for new purposes and more powerful software tools for old uses, follows from the evolution of hardware.

Edit: I voted No.
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Situation: You have a complete PC you just built. All hardware is installed and ready to go. What do you need to do next? You can just let it sit there and admire it. Because that is about all you can do without software. The BIOS/CMOS is called firmware, but this is just software embedded onto hardware. Down to the lowest level, as soon as electricity is pumped through any hardware component, software is absolutely needed to give a reason for the hardware to exist. Just like the only reason for software to exist is to utilize hardware. One, without the other, is nothing. So I don't understand why you voted no. IMHO.

 
Ok here is where he said it first if that matters much to you:

Posted on 06/10/2006 at 01:08pm by Beggerking

Originally posted by: beggerking
Originally posted by: BFG10K
Sli doesn't see # of GPU, it only distributes data.
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Yes, it distributes it to two GPUs. Not to one. Not to four. Not to ten. To two.
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OMG! you just don't get it, do it!?

SLI sees 16 PCI-e lanes, distribute data through 16 PCI-e lanes, SOFTWARE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HARDWARE!!!!!
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Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
So I don't understand why you voted no. IMHO.
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Because I strongly suspected the OP to be using a generalization in order to "prove" a correct point "wrong".
 
Hi, If the hardware is bad it can't run the software. If the software is bad the hardware can't run it. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Jim
 
without one the, other doesnt exist. unless your idea of fun is logic puzzles, thruth tables, and theories about automatons
 
Neither will run without the other. Then, there is always the gray area of firmware - which is a software program embedded in a chip - a piece of hardware.
 
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