Processor specifically designed to perform fast memory manipulation, with instructions specifically tailored to handle computer graphics processing and rendering
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Why are we still using CPUs instead of GPUs?
It seems to me that these days lots of calculations are done on the GPU. Obviously graphics are done there, but using CUDA and the like, AI, hashing algorithms (think bitcoins) and others are also ...
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How does the CPU and GPU interact in displaying computer graphics?
Here you can see a screenshot of a small C++ program called Triangle.exe with a rotating triangle based on the OpenGL API.
Admittedly a very basic example but I think it's applicable to other ...
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How can I test my GPU memory/RAM?
I run MemTest86 a lot at work on customer's machines, and it's great for troubleshooting memory issues. My question is, how can I test that a GPU is starting to go?
I know of programs like 3DMark to ...
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How to monitor GPU load on Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I monitor video memory usage?
Performance monitor can bring CPU, Mem, HD and Network usage. Where is the GPU load monitor?
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Why can GPUs run hotter than CPUs?
As far as I can tell GPUs can easily run at much higher temperatures than CPUs without problems. Aren't they both made out of the same materials? Why are GPUs capable of operating at temperatures that ...
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What single nVidia card will drive three monitors? [closed]
I'm seeing a lot of conflicting information, on Super User and the web in general, about nVidia cards running three monitors. The opinions I have found so far include:
no single nVidia card can run ...
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What is the difference between a GPU and a graphics card in a pc?
What is the difference between both these things? Are they same? Is there a difference between their capabilities?
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The difference between GPU and CPU
I know what a CPU is(I think). It's the thing who's speed is measured in GigaHertz(these days).
However, you hear a lot about a GPU, and letting the GPU take over, not letting the CPU but the GPU do ...
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Graphics card failure, anything I could try
My gaming PC has decided to die, it's not the first time but usually a quick ATX reset brings it back to life. Today it didn't.
I disconnect all unessasary devices so I've only got the case button / ...
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NVIDIA GPU throttling? (8800 GTS - card runs super hot)
I have an NVIDIA 8800 GTS video card installed in my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC. I don't run 3D apps or games all that frequently and as the card runs quite hot I'd like to see if it's possible to ...
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1answer
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At what working temperatures will my gpu not only survive, but have a long healthy life
There are plenty of questions about what a safe gpu temperature is, but these seem focused on what temperatures a gpu will survive at in the short term, regardless of whether it may shorten the cards ...
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Is it possible to use a server to play games?
I am curious on whether I could slap a high end video card into a server and use it as a high end gaming machine.
The server is a HP DL360 G5 with x2 Intel Quad Core Xeon processors, 16 GB of RAM and ...
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How can I determine and set my primary graphics card?
I have a Lenovo W520 laptop with two graphics cards:
I think Windows 7 (64 bit) is using my Intel graphics card ₃ which I think is integrated — because I have a low graphics rating in ...
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Why are GPUs cheaper than CPUs?
What are the technological reasons whereby GPUs are cheaper than CPUs?
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Can Windows 8's Hyper-V use the full power of the host hardware?
There's DOSBox for really old games, and some games work fine in Windows 8, but for that era of games that ran on Windows 95/98/XP, we've been somewhat out of luck if the game needs to utilize a GPU.
...
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Is it possible to get the serial number of a GPU without opening the case?
I have an Nvidia GPU GTX 470 - Can I get it's serial number with out opening the case?
EDIT
Thanks for all the comments: I tried the Device path as well as the WMIC command (which are the same ...
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How do I use my gpu to speed up video encoding
I have a ATI graphics card (Radeon HD 4870), I have read that I can use this to significantly speed up encoding dvd to avi.
Does anyone know how?
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1answer
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Modern GPUs: How “intelligent” are they?
There are many resources on 3D programming (OpenGL or DirectX) and the corresponding graphics pipelines available, but I'm wondering at which level they are implemented on a modern GPU.
So far I've ...
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1answer
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GPU at >= 100% for Intel HD Graphics 3000
On my brand new Lenovo W520 (with Sandy Bridge, 2820QM) and with default settings and on battery power, the "Power Manager" status shows that the GPU usage is constant at 100% or larger. Is this ...
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1answer
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PC/104 + Laptop GPU
I am trying to do convert a desktop system into something tiny like PC/104. I was really hoping to use a laptop graphics card but can't seem to find the right parts to connect the laptop gpu. I found ...
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Is there a list of graphics cards ordered by relative performance?
I'm struggling to make sense of graphics card manufacturers' cryptic names and codes for their products.
For example, some cards with a higher number or code in the name are actually less powerful ...
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2answers
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Does Silverlight or Flash support hardware acceleration?
Does Silverlight or Flash support hardware acceleration? Is work being done by the GPU or only the CPU? I believe Netflix View Instant uses Silverlight, does this support hardware acceleration?
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how to underclock an nvidia GPU on Windows?
i wanted to know if there exist a software that can do that?
my card is nvidia 7600GT
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Is it safe to place heat sink such that it joins multiple voltage regulators?
This is quite possibly a stupid question, but the GPU cooler I bought leaves me with little choice but to position heat sinks such that they straddle and join multiple voltage regulators. Is this a ...
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1answer
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AMD APU Hybrid Crossfire
I've read some impressive reports about AMD Llano, including that it can work in setup similar to Hybrid Crossfire (ie. integrated GPU with the discrete GPU). I imagine, that this will only work with ...
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1answer
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Can I create a RAM disk using GPU Memory? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to use GPU memory as more main memory?
I would like to create a RAM disk/drive using the GPU's RAM/memory.
Then use ReadyBoost on Windows to use the disk ...
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1answer
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Silverlight hardware-accelerated playback is greyed-out - How do I enable it?
I am trying to play Netflix videos (which only play via Silverlight), but they play choppy because Silverlight's hardware-accelerated playback is disabled.
(video playback on WMP11 and VLC is ...
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How do I disable my GPU so that it defaults to the integrated graphics?
I have an old computer that is experiencing graphical related corruption as well as randomly restarting.
In an attempt to isolate the problem I want to disable the GPU so it reverts to the chipset ...
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3answers
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Software for monitoring and measuring GPU temperature (Windows XP/7)
Are there any programs available for monitoring and measuring GPU temperature? I'd prefer something free, and for either Windows XP or Windows 7.
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2answers
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Differences between i7 2600 and i7 2600K
I looked at their specifications on intel.
It seems i7 2600K has HD Graphics 3000 while the i7 2600 has HD Graphic 2000. But other than that, the i7 2600 has several options and features that the i7 ...
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3answers
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How can I determine the highest GPU-supported DirectX version?
On Windows 7 / Vista how can I determine what DirectX version is really supported by the GPU?
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2answers
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ATI Temperature Monitoring
I'm trying to monitor the temperature of my GPUs (multiple ATI 5970) in my computation cluster. Problem is that the aticonfig tool does not work in headless mode
# /usr/bin/aticonfig ...
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2answers
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Intel HD Graphics 4000 is used instead of nVidia Geforce 630M for old game?
I have recently bought an Toshiba Satellite P855-32X laptop.
Firs thing after I did launch this laptop is ofcourse update all drivers to the newest ones.
Configure everything I needed and it works ...
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1answer
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ATI Radeon FPS drops
Problem
For some reason my Radeon HD 5700 seems to suffer from FPS drops.
600W power supply should be enough
The core temperature when the FPS dropped was ~53 C (127 F)
The GPU utilization is ...
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VMware: How to directly access the GPU
I have VMware Workstation running on Ubuntu host with a Ubuntu Guest.
Is it possible to directly access the GPU from the VM?
I want to run CUDA on the VM
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2answers
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How to stop switchable graphics from switching to high-power GPU when charging the laptop?
I've an Acer laptop with Windows 7 64 bit and an ATI Radeon HD 6550M Graphics card. Whenever I connect the power to charge the battery it automatically switches to the high-power GPU (ATI) instead of ...
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2answers
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What's the maximum safe temperature for a HD Radeon 6870? [closed]
I'm running a passively cooled HD Radeon 6870 in my PC. While using 3D Acceleration, the temperature climbs up to 95 degrees Celsius according to SpeedFan. It seems a bit hot, but on the other hand ...
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1answer
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X freeze with proprietary fglrx driver on radeon HD 5970
I can't get to install the proprietary driver "fglrx" with ATI Radeon HD 5970 on Debian Squeeze.
After the installation with ATI Catalyst 12-8 and a reboot, from the stage of GDM, the screen is ...
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1answer
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What is the equivalent of “nice” for the GPU on *nix machines?
If I have two GPU-intensive processes running, is there a way to "prefer" the load from one over the other, as "nice" does in the *nix kernel scheduler?
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Increase video memory on integrated GPU?
My laptop has an integrated GPU, but no discrete GPU. It is a MacBook Pro so I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). My CPU is Intel second-gen i5, and my GPU is the Intel HD 3000.
The way that ...
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virtual machine with dedicated GPU - is it possible? Private GPU Cloud
This is also referred to as cloud GPU.
I want to build a VM host (VMware or windows - or other?) that will have 8 GPU's on it, and the VM clients will be able to use the GPU's as needed.
It can ...
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2answers
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Is there a way to see GPU System Memory broken down process-by-process?
I am trying to figure out which app in my system is responsible for the memory spikes (note that the spikes are seen on GPU tab).
Here's a question that spawned this one.
EDIT To show System ...
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1answer
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GPU running underclocked / under normal speed?
I have tried to overclock my card. Seemingly it worked, and the GPU-z shows the OC speed (see GPU3.png). However, current readings are REALLY far from the normal speed of the GPU. That's what I can't ...
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2answers
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Application to run and test all the supported features of nVidia GPU
Is there any Windows application that will attempt to run all the supported features of a nVidia GPU?
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1answer
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x16/x16 vs x8/x8
I am considering purchasing an LGA1155 board but dual GPUs they only run at x8/x8.
From my research it seems that you lose about 1-3% tops when running at 2500*1600 but a lot more when running games ...
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5answers
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How much electricity will I save if I use the onboard graphics card
If I use onboard video instead of a PCI-E card, will I save much money in the electricity bill?
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3answers
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How can I fit 6 7970 Graphics Cards in one computer?
Okay, based on my previous question, it turns out I can find a motherboard to support 6 PCI slots and therefore 6 GPUs. But now I want to use 6 GPU's, specifically, the Radeon 7970.
Obviously, they ...
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1answer
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Will I lose my Windows 8 activation after hardware upgrade?
Windows 8 Pro w/WMC is installed on an Asus M3A78-EM with an on-board GPU. I wish to upgrade the GPU and have purchased a compatible one but have not installed it yet. I also wish to upgrade its CPU.
...
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1answer
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Integrated Graphics vs Integrated GPU
What are the differences between the APU/Sandy Bridge graphics and all the integrated chips before them?
