Series 3, Episode 5 - Fans, Core i5 Coolers and the Lucida Hydra
Posted on 21st Aug 2009 at 11:07 by Podcast with 8 comments
This week the podcast is focussing on hardware, and in Episode 5, the panel discuss how we test fans, disappointing Core i5 Coolers and the intriguing Lucida Hydra chip, which promises to be the salvation of SLI and CrossFire. Plus we’ve got prizes a plenty to give out!






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Game music rules.
on the point of Lucid Hydra. it is completely possible for 100% performance scaling. let's talk numbers:
gtx280 vs 8800GTX, about 70% faster.
240 vs 128 shaders, 87% more
1296 vs 1350 shader clock speed, a little bit slower per clock
comparing the shader numbers along shows should be about 70% speed difference. but there's also ROP, texture fillrate and other stuff needs considering, so real world difference varies.
on the point about pairing different cards, not sure about cross brand. but for same-brand cards, the shader architecture should be exactly the same, 210 uses the same shader pipeline as 280, just different amount of it.
on the same principle, it can be said that as long as 2 different cards work together, then all others should do the same.
also, due to it's a hardware implementation, it is possible to be operating system independent. this is also why i kept wanting BIOS based fan controller, it is a hardware based implementation, so not OS dependent.