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Physics hardware makes Kepler/GK104 fast

semiaccurate:Sources tell SemiAccurate that the ‘big secret’ lurking in the Kepler chips are optimisations for physics calculations. Some are calling this PhysX block a dedicated chunk of hardware, but more sources have been saying that it is simply shaders, optimisations, and likely a dedicated few new ops. In short, marketing may say it is, but under the heat spreader, it is simply shaders and optimisations.

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Orpheus5201d ago (Edited 5201d ago )

Superb article plz approve.

SemiAccurat: "All of the benchmark numbers shown by Nvidia, and later to SemiAccurate, were overwhelmingly positive. How overwhelmingly positive? Far faster than an AMD HD7970/Tahiti for a chip with far less die area and power use, and it blew an overclocked 580GTX out of the water by unbelievable margins. That is why we wrote this article."

WooooOOOOOOooooOOoooooOOOoOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOW

NYC_Gamer5201d ago

Kepler has been getting nothing but positive feed back.i advise all buyers looking for an upgrade to wait til this gpu is released

one2thr5200d ago

Cant wait to get it :) This is coming from a gtx560 owner

Orpheus5201d ago (Edited 5201d ago )

Lack of geometry ;
Solution -> Tessellation.

Lack of texture memory ;
Solution -> Partially Resident Textures of DirectX 11.1

Lack of good animations and physical interactions ;
Solution -> Kepler

Now its time for games to look really good.

Oh boy oh Metro Last Light .... can't waittttt..... take a look at the SLOWED down trailer if you haven't already.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

hiredhelp5201d ago (Edited 5201d ago )

Just like to say ive just orderd myself a Sapphire 7970 earlyer today cost me £449.00 from novatech cant wait.

I was looking at the new gtx thinking what iff's but you know what they need to reconvince me after some bad times with my gtx560 and drivers what not.

I loved my 8800gtx maybe this time there get there act together i hope they do.
As for metro yeh baby looking good i cant wait eaither one of the best if not the best games THQ have had there name on this gen "METRO 2033".

Mikhail5201d ago

Got a question, Is the 7970 really a great improvement over the 570 directcuII version. I know the benchmarks show vast improvement when compared to the 580 but I want real world performance. Its really hard for me to change manufacturer seeing that I always buy Nvidia products.

Mikhail5201d ago

They need to hurry. I have always been a Nvidia buyer but the 7970's promos in our local store is tempting me.

Based on the article, they may not fully utilize PCIE 3.0, so I think I'll stick with I5-2500k..unless Ivy suprises me.

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Veteran artist behind Mass Effect, Halo, and Overwatch 2 weighs in on Nvidia DLSS 5

Darryl Linington from Notebookchect.net writes, "The backlash around Nvidia’s AI push and DLSS 5 has opened a broader question in game development. Beyond performance and image quality, veteran artists are now weighing what AI-driven rendering means for authorship and visual control. If a system can add or reinterpret detail after the fact, the issue is no longer just technical. It becomes a question of how much of the final image still belongs to the people who built it."

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NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Frame Gen 5x & 6x Come to RTX 50 Series GPUs + Dynamic Multi Frame Gen

The latest GeForce driver introduces DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation 5x and 6x alongside Dynamic Multi Frame Generation to RTX 50-series GPUs. The former increases the number of interpolated frames to 4 and 5 (between every two rendered frames), further reducing reliance on the CPU.

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blacktiger27d ago

Big corp bowing down to another big corp is nothing more than helping each other. But try any games it doesn't work

Smellsforfree27d ago

I don't mind frame gen but only use it if I'm already >70fps without it. It is kinda nice but if I see any visual artifacts I will turn it off. Whenever I'm playing games on my 120Hz LG C3 I will almost never use it because frame rates >120fps look really bad. I think spatial super sampling is a far more interesting and beneficial tech than frame gen. Boosting 30fps to 60fps with framegen is just garbage.

SimpleDad27d ago

Tvs were doing this 15 years ago with their telenovela effect... Idk how anyone can play with this on.

There is definitely input lag there and artifacts.

CornholioX27d ago

It's commercial how they show it. Typical any company does that.

Goodguy0127d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Frame gen just has too much latency and visual glitches for me, don't think I can ever use it for most games. I'd compare with it on and off and it's a world of difference in the feel. I need the very least input lag in my gaming. Companies should rely on actual optimization. As for potato hardware, I suppose it could have it's use.

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Is the AI Push in AAA Gaming Giving Indie Developers A Golden Ticket?

WTMG's Jordan Hawes: "With the advent of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tools, and the whole debacle surrounding AI usage in AAA gaming, is this new push an opportunity for smaller studios to showcase they are the ones vouching for artistic integrity in the gaming industry?"

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Obelisk9238d ago

They already are. Indie studios are the only developers that constantly strive to publish innovative and experimental experiences. There has been little to no art in AAA gaming, with just a few exceptions.

Yi-Long38d ago

Indie-studios have been showcasing their creative superiority and bravery over AAA-studios/releases for a while now.

Personally. I have zero interest in AI slop in any of my entertainment, so regardless of what Sony, Ubisoft, MS, EA, etc believe the future is, I'm just not gonna touch any of that stuff.

blacktiger37d ago

Everything you said but for me MS is always the problem.

isarai_lee38d ago

One more thing in a long list of things that already give indie Games an advantage

Miacosa38d ago (Edited 37d ago )

In reality a dev having a simplistic tech statck does not really impact the end user experience. If the game is good and worth playing is what matters. In other words some cooks make care if 2 or 3 eggs were used to make a cake but the person eating it doesn't. And in the case of DLSS 5 the chef is soley responsible for the recipe and how its mixed together.