Nyad
08-07-2007, 12:58 PM
I've been studying gpu programming and I had an idea. Why not write a software engine and use the gpu for doing calculations. Because the gpu lacks good programming operations that a cpu has. This way it is still hardware accelerated. And you can customise stuff with cpu for great graphics
Is this a good idea?
Is the gpu faster than a cpu?
Also with this you won't need the latest card that supports shader model 3 with branching and procedures etc. Coz even on a GeForce Fx5500 you can do some good calcs, cool stuff like texture lookups and topological info can be gathered from ram by cpu.
Is this a good idea?
Is the gpu faster than a cpu?
Also with this you won't need the latest card that supports shader model 3 with branching and procedures etc. Coz even on a GeForce Fx5500 you can do some good calcs, cool stuff like texture lookups and topological info can be gathered from ram by cpu.