Just bought the headphones. Used a bit more money than I had planned, but I just got my first payment from work, so it'll probably be okay.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36678263]You know, I had that idea as well. The SSE/AVX SIMD units function quite like a GPU core in many ways.
You would, however, need quite a lot of them - probably in the 20-60 range. Since we're unlikely to get that many actual cores for a while, though, this would require detaching SIMD units from the rest of the core. Potentially very tricky.[/QUOTE]
I've had the idea of running graphics on a vector processor for a long time, GPU's and vector chips are pretty similar. I'd honestly love to see this done, it would end up with Intel putting more focus onto AVX which is a worthwhile extension.
Using AVX for the GPU wouldn't perform as well as the IGP would if they kept developing them, but would lower heat, manufacturing costs, R&D costs (even though Intel would keep the price the same) and would put more focus onto one of the most worthwhile x86 extensions in a long time.
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;36673681]I bought [url=http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-ideapad-15-6-laptop-featuring-amd-a6-3420m-processor-z575-grey-z575/10193124.aspx?path=e692aebd4705ec54bb9d6768b8608051en02]this laptop[/url] from bestbuy and the guy asks me what I was going to do with it (to get an idea on what else to sell me). I say "wipe it and install Linux" and the guys face was a mixture between "Are you joking?" and "Wait, what?".[/QUOTE]
Fun times going to places like that and asking what distro their "linux PCs" ship with.
"Uh, they have linux." "Yeah, but which one?" "..."
But wouldn't using instructions (I assume) slow down the process quite a bit? GPUs have loads of simple cores doing simple task, getting more advanced cores to do a simple task seems counter-productive. Would someone do an in-depth explanation of how this would work?
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;36678384]But wouldn't using instructions (I assume) slow down the process quite a bit? GPUs have loads of simple cores doing simple task, getting more advanced cores to do a simple task seems counter-productive. Would someone do an in-depth explanation of how this would work?[/QUOTE]
In terms of performance, it is counter-productive. But IGPs suck, so why keep wasting R&D on them when we can tack it onto something else and focus on more important things.
So I've determined that I have no clue what 90% of the shit Gman and wingar talk about means...
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36678427]So I've determined that I have no clue what 90% of the shit Gman and wingar talk about means...[/QUOTE]
To sum it up: Cool shit.
[QUOTE=wingless;36678437]To sum it up: Cool shit.[/QUOTE]
Will it effect my ability to get on FB, FP, and occasionally play D3?
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36678516]Will it effect my ability to get on FB, FP, and occasionally play D3?[/QUOTE]
No, No, if this rumor turns out to be true and you're using one of the CPUs with it, possibly.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;36678384]But wouldn't using instructions (I assume) slow down the process quite a bit? GPUs have loads of simple cores doing simple task, getting more advanced cores to do a simple task seems counter-productive. Would someone do an in-depth explanation of how this would work?[/QUOTE]
Ah, but SIMD cores are also "doing simple tasks", they just do it to several variables at once. Many existing GPUs use SIMD or similar architectures (Southern Islands is SIMD, as was Fermi (IIRC); Northern Islands/Evergreen were MIMD).
The only "problem" would be if you are simultaneously doing heavy SSE work on the CPU while trying to do heavy graphics on the GPU. Since that's not a very common situation, I think you'd be fine.
god fucking dammit i'm an idiot "hur i'm gonna pop the switch off of a keyboard that i don't even know how to put back together"
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;36676233]I am well aware of that this isn't the quick questions thread or the headphone guide (though I posted there first), but I'm going to Paris tomorrow, and I would like to order a pair of IEMs today, so that I can get them when I come home (the cheap ones I'm looking at is in Hong Kong or something). So allow me to cross post, a small itty bit (might spawn headphone discussion as well, who knows?):
Basically, looking for cheap IEMs that does well in the low middle spectrum (I'm not all that great with sound, but that's my guess), they need to be somewhat good at blocking out sound (bicycle) and decent build quality. I'm cheap, so I'm looking at some 6$ ones (I'm not gonna use them [I]that[/I] much), but I'll extend my budget to ~40-50$ if it'll get me something of considerably better quality.[/QUOTE]
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Oh hey, [url=http://thecodelesscode.com/contents]The Codeless Code[/url] is updating again. Cool.
If you haven't heard of it before, imagine Zen koans and parables about computer programming. Very nerdy, but very... interesting.
Just ghetto-spliced the USB wire inside my old MX518 using a small amount of electrical tape and some scissors to make it work again until I receive a proper cord replacement
I forgot how [I]good [/I]the MX518 feels compared to the G500, I mean damn
So what is this about a massive virus that's supposed to go active tomorrow...?
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680373]So what is this about a massive virus that's supposed to go active tomorrow...?[/QUOTE]
We'll tell you tomorrow, if you can read our reply you will be fine.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680373]So what is this about a massive virus that's supposed to go active tomorrow...?[/QUOTE]
DNSChanger? I'm in the green.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680373]So what is this about a massive virus that's supposed to go active tomorrow...?[/QUOTE]
DNSChanger. It's infected a ton of people, turned them into a botnet. One of the things it does is change your DNS server settings to a server it controlled, so it could do various evil things.
It got shut down by the FBI a while ago, but they're shutting off the fake DNS server on Monday. So people who had been infected will lose "internet" then. Given that they've had months of notice and were being used as part of a massive botnet, though, I really have no sympathy for them.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680373]So what is this about a massive virus that's supposed to go active tomorrow...?[/QUOTE]
From what i'v understood there has been a virus before that switched you to a rouge DNS server. That (or those, no idea) servers are shutting down tomorrow. So if you'd gotten your DNS changed you wont be able to use the internet tomorrow, Unless you change it back to normal
I won't be surprised if i'll get 5 calls tomorrow claiming that their internet is broken.
[editline]8th July 2012[/editline]
Ninja'd by Gman
My mom is all worried. She's backing up everything on her laptop thinking her laptop will die tomorrow...
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680710]My mom is all worried. She's backing up everything on her laptop thinking her laptop will die tomorrow...[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;36680710]My mom is all worried. She's backing up everything on her laptop thinking her laptop will die tomorrow...[/QUOTE]
Well, let her back stuff up, because she probably should have backups of things. But tell her that, worst-case, it can be fixed in about 30 seconds by changing the DNS server settings. Then run MalwareBytes on it to actually remove it.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36680949]Well, let her back stuff up, because she probably should have backups of things. But tell her that, worst-case, it can be fixed in about 30 seconds by changing the DNS server settings. Then run MalwareBytes on it to actually remove it.[/QUOTE]
I hooked her up with a copy of MSE a few months back when everyone in here was fapping over it. I've got malwarebytes on my emergency thumb-drive.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;36680503]DNSChanger. It's infected a ton of people, turned them into a botnet. One of the things it does is change your DNS server settings to a server it controlled, so it could do various evil things.
It got shut down by the FBI a while ago, but they're shutting off the fake DNS server on Monday. So people who had been infected will lose "internet" then. Given that they've had months of notice and were being used as part of a massive botnet, though, I really have no sympathy for them.[/QUOTE]
it's been on CNN's website at least, my mom bugged me to check her computer just in case because she's a slight bit paranoid with this sort of thing
Is this right?
[img]http://puu.sh/GVND[/img]
This is while playing BF3 on ultra.
Did you forget to enable Crossfire?
did you try turning it off and on again
Just got back from Frys with a few cables to plug in the next 6870 and extend my 4pin power so that I can route it behind the motherboard. Probably going to do the installation tomorrow because I want to be well energized so that I can do all the better routing.
[QUOTE=TonyTheBean;36681221]Is this right?
[img]http://puu.sh/GVND[/img]
This is while playing BF3 on ultra.[/QUOTE]
Of course it's not right.
So I got a defective stick of Corsair RAM from newegg, so I RMA it. On it's way to newegg's warehouse, it went out of stock and they gave me a refund for the item cost. That wouldn't be a problem, except shipping on a replacement item is $10, so with tax I would be paying about $14 out of pocket to replace a defective product... Next time I'm going through the manufacturer.
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