Group: comp.os.linux.advocacy


Subject: [News] CPU/GPU Hybrids: Open Source Also?
From: Mark Kent
Date: 12/18/2007 3:31:16 PM
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: > AMD's ATI Hybrid CrossFire Sneak Peek Exclusive > > ,----[ Quote ] >| We have seen AMD?s ATI Hybrid CrossFire technology working and have even >| played today?s latest games on it and played them more smoothly than >| expected. The upcoming RS780 motherboard IGP and RV620 GPU look to be a great >| pair when it comes to low-end gaming rigs. We are expecting to see these >| parts come to market in Q1?08 with the Hybrid CrossFire technology to be >| introduced in ?the first half of 2008.? This likely does not mean much to me >| and you right now, but I am hoping that we see a huge success in the low end >| Hybrid arenas because I truly believe it will help usher in a new way that >| multi-video card gaming is handled both in terms of power conservation and >| ease of use in the enthusiast?s system. > `---- > > http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQzMiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA== > I wonder if ATI could make something like this work in Linux land? Certainly, the possibility to reduce power consumption when not gaming is very important and should not be ignored. -- | Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk | | Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ | | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | | My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |