Quote Originally Posted by [XC] hipno650 View Post
you know I do have to hand it to AMD for really pushing it but I think it will be at-least one more generation before it is commonly adopted. but i guess someone needs to push or it will never happen... I just think they focused far to much on it compared to trying to close the CPU gap. As for UI or video acceleration. the new Intel integrated GPU's is more than enough...

I do a fair amount of video editing using lots of Adobe based product and a few others and to be honest they have been saying they will make use of GPGPU for years now and even now it is nothing to write home about. and the big thing is 90% of what I have seen is currently or is being transfered over to CUDA. some of these programs do not recommend using AMD cards because of the heavy CUDA and Nvidia influences that they are starting to incorporate.

good on AMD for pushing GPGPU out but I don't expect to see any reason to switch to them this generation as most apps won't be optimized for it yet. I hope though I'm wrong.
Youre probably right again ,about this generation.Thing is, pc`s and laptops are being used 3-5 years on average, so if its going to get pushed 2-3 years down the line, hardware must be here NOW.And i have to tell, that really most people doesnt need MUCH cpu power, they need ENOUGH, especially on laptops/netbooks.Same thing goes for GPU, its just that no integrated gfx up until Llano had something thats enough.Everytime i have to explain friends/family/clients WHY their brand new notebook with newest intel stuff "just aint enough" to play a game i get so frustrated over this.And they dont understand why they "have to" have discret gfx...
But it looks this combo is not going to be fast, but enough to do most stuff normal people do.
As for the GPGPU, i believe CUDA will go the way of the glide, theres really no place for it in the desktop segment.Its directcompute and opencl in the future.
As for the UI, i was talking about the future, not vista`s aero.
As for the smoothness, its kinda difficult.Im SURE that XP64 UI is damn much faster than 7`s .Especially when im using NET based software under 7, i literally can see the window be "drawn" .My friends tell me im not well tho :P .
Anyhow, there were tests made, that made clear that in some instances, human eye can "kind of" see up to 500FPS, in short bursts and not whole detail.