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Originally Posted by spuggy
High frame-rate gaming at 1080p and up, 3D CAD, GIS systems, medical imaging, crypto-mining. Anything with significant 3D/texture/rendering requirements that can actually off-load to the GPU.
But IME, most people that spend more than $200 on a video card have no idea what they get for that money - or why they don't need it. They just tick the most expensive box "because it's the best".
So they end up with some ridiculous thing that needs 500+ dedicated watts to drive a GPU that has as many (or more) transistors than their main CPU - and proceed to run a web browser or spreadsheet on it. Maybe a bit of YouTube or Netflix.
Which is all 2D and uses precisely none of the advantages they paid for.
I've noticed that they won't listen, and tend to get all butt-hurt when you point this out, too..
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Right, I get that there are applications for a card like that. I was wondering what
his application was. But thanks.
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