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Hi John:
What about using multiple video cards? I heard they were almost a necessity with those 4K monitors.
Ben
I was talking to a Trainzer this morning who has used dual GPU's for years and is currently getting around 120 FPS with T:ANE. Yes - I have heard T:ANE doesn't support multi-GPU's so I wonder how he is he getting 120 FPS? I don't think you can get that high a frame rate with a single Titan X or Z GPU. As for multi-GPU support - considering the large load T:ANE puts on any GPU it would seem to me to be a very worthwhile addition to T:ANE'S capability.
I looked into the Pascal GPU after you mentioned them above. From what little I can understand (note the emphasis on little, lol) it should run about twice as fast as a Titan but with less video RAM (8 Gb as opposed to 12 Gb). 12 Gb is probably overkill anyway.
One thing I noticed was there will be a change in the power connector so I wonder if they can directly replace older GPU's.
In any case I have about 4 months to hope my old computer hangs together before buying the new one. Perhaps the Pascal's will be available by then.
Thanks for the info,
Ben
My current computer is a 6 year old Alienware Aurora desktop. I had no idea what GPU it was using so looked it up (I still have the original invoice - I'm a packrat, lol) - its a single ATI Radeon HD5970, 2Gb GDDR5 (whatever that is - this is not my area of expertise). I assume that's a generation or more old. I can't see upgrading a 6 year old computer (and must admit to having a very large itch to get one of the new Alienware Area-51's). They have a 1500 watt power supply which I'm quite certain is pretty much a necessity.
I read about that 3d connection with the Pascal but didn't quite understand it - now I see. Sort of like a serial buss compared to a parallel buss (tho that's probably a large oversimplification).
The real question is what will they cost? A Titan isn't exactly cheap and these would almost have to be more expensive.
Ben
These 4k monitors are great, however, the issue will be text size. At 1980 x 1080 resolution, the text is about the size of an ant foot print and about the size of an paramecium on the mini-map. At 4k it will become worse...
Text scaling within your OS. It's not perfect in Windows, but that's what it's for...