It is currently Sat May 10, 2025 6:58 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » Other Topics » General Tech

All times are UTC




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Skillers
 Post Post subject: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Top Gun (Admin)
Top Gun (Admin)
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:48 am
Posts: 23428
Karma: 11

Location: This forum.
Steam Login Name: Skillers1990
Heh, I just found out that the x86 architecture is 30 years old this year. That means that nearly ever modern processor is based on the 10MHz, 40pin, 16bit, heatsinkless Intel 8086. I just find that amazing personally.

_________________
I was getting bored of this sig, and I realised I actually prefer small sigs ><
Join us on IRC! | TheSkillers.co.uk is under construction (still)!
Games: Steam | XFire | GFWL

Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:15 pm 
 Profile  
 
azcn2503
 Post Post subject: Re: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Godlike Poster
Godlike Poster
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:42 am
Posts: 8798
Karma: 17

Location: Imagine in your mind a posh country club
Steam Login Name: azcn2503
The heart of a computer is the GPU though, right?
Teehee!

_________________
Follow your heart and live the dream <3

Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:33 pm 
 Profile E-mail  
 
Skillers
 Post Post subject: Re: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Top Gun (Admin)
Top Gun (Admin)
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:48 am
Posts: 23428
Karma: 11

Location: This forum.
Steam Login Name: Skillers1990
Nah, CPU has always been the most important part.

_________________
I was getting bored of this sig, and I realised I actually prefer small sigs ><
Join us on IRC! | TheSkillers.co.uk is under construction (still)!
Games: Steam | XFire | GFWL

Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:55 pm 
 Profile  
 
Wigouche
 Post Post subject: Re: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Eagle Eye (Mod)
Eagle Eye (Mod)
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:10 pm
Posts: 1161
Karma: 0

Location: a dark room in a house in newent
Steam Login Name: wigouche
iv seen quite a few newer sysems stand up well with shoking cpus but awsome everything else tht wrked as well as 1 tht just had an awsome cpu but medioka everything else lol

_________________
Image
Image

Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:14 pm 
 Profile E-mail  
 
azcn2503
 Post Post subject: Re: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Godlike Poster
Godlike Poster
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:42 am
Posts: 8798
Karma: 17

Location: Imagine in your mind a posh country club
Steam Login Name: azcn2503
Skillers wrote:
Nah, CPU has always been the most important part.


NVIDIA might have something to say about that!

Inq: Here's what happens when you sacrifice CPU for GPU
Tom: Nvidia claims GPU matters more than a CPU
Hex: GPGPU: far more important than you think. Think 10x a CPU's performance
BT: Nvidia's David Kirk on CUDA, CPUs and GPUs

_________________
Follow your heart and live the dream <3

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:26 am 
 Profile E-mail  
 
Skillers
 Post Post subject: Re: The heart of the computer is based on 30 year old technology
 
Offline
Top Gun (Admin)
Top Gun (Admin)
Years of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membershipYears of membership
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:48 am
Posts: 23428
Karma: 11

Location: This forum.
Steam Login Name: Skillers1990
nVidia are trying to make the GPU the be all and all of computers, but it's not happening yet. Anyway, a CPU is more versatile, and always needed, a graphics card (as in a proper processor, not just a display adapter) isn't always needed.

_________________
I was getting bored of this sig, and I realised I actually prefer small sigs ><
Join us on IRC! | TheSkillers.co.uk is under construction (still)!
Games: Steam | XFire | GFWL

Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:58 am 
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 6 posts ] 

Board index » Other Topics » General Tech

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
Karma functions powered by Karma MOD © 2007, 2009 m157y