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    Sandy Bridge CANT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hub1100, Jan 11, 2011.

  1. hub1100

    hub1100 Notebook Evangelist

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    hub1100, Jan 11, 2011
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  2. inap

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    Ummmm yes, who needs dx11 on an integrated, that's why we have dedicated cards for real gaming.
     
    inap, Jan 11, 2011
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  3. City Pig

    City Pig Notebook Virtuoso

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    Okay.

    Now can you tell us something we don't already know?
     
    City Pig, Jan 12, 2011
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Ivy will do DX11, right now DX11 is still small and not used much. By the time Ivy is here it will be more practical to need some sort of DX11 support.

    That aside DX11 is so demanding who would be insane enough to run it on a gpu integrated with the cpu? Dedicated cards are for sure the only way to go.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 12, 2011
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  5. Hungry Man

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    Fusion can?
     
    Hungry Man, Jan 12, 2011
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    That'll be Ivy Bridge. Sandy Bridge is DX10.1 only, in all incarnations.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 12, 2011
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  7. City Pig

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    Yes, Fusion APUs support DX11.
     
    City Pig, Jan 12, 2011
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  8. leslieann

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    From what I have read, DX11 is mostly DX10 with a bunch of sound optimization. Very little changed graphics-wise between 10 and 11.
     
    leslieann, Jan 12, 2011
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    screenshot stuff about the differences never matter. but dx11 changed quite a lot of stuff for programmers internally (very much for multithreaded development and rendering).

    but while i'd like to see dx11 for the fun of exploring it, no, there's not much real world need for it, yet. and ivy it's on it's way..
     
    davepermen, Jan 12, 2011
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  11. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 12, 2011
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