GPGPU computations are primarily for highly parallel applications. Unlike a CPU where you may be able to run a few threads at a time, CUDA/OpenCL (I'll use these ones as the example since you have a 295) are setup to take advantage of many thread executions on the same programming kernel. Any...
Thanks for the warning. I just doublechecked the specs again and the motherboard can support all single and dual cores in the LGA775 socket. No quad cores but I wouldn't want to spend the premium for a year's use anyway. :) Hopefully when I switch to i7 more software will be taking advantage...
Hey all,
I'm looking to upgrade my P4 540 (3.2 GHz/800 FSB/1M L2) to either a Pentium Dual Core E6300 or a Core 2 Duo E8200. Since the E8200 has been around for a while, I can get a used E8200 for the same price I would expect to pay for a new E6300 (~$80 after tax and shipping). I'm only...