05-19-2005, 11:51 PM
You are right numbers don't mean anything without the developers to put it through.. the unified shaders it basically units that process certain things with the video.. On normal video cards there is 2 types of units each only process 1 type.. Think of a unit being for a specific thing.. unified basically means that 1 unit can do the function of both.. So you can make use of them all for 1 type of thing isntead of only half and the other half do nothing if you don't need them for the other type.. hence version non-techy.
Nvidia looked at doing unified and it wasn't "viable" for htem to do it.. they did build model using it and they choose this route.. Also i don't know why people would really scrutinise that article. it isn't biased it doesn't bash either one of the cards.. all it does is say "how" they do things different and report stuff that has been told by the vendors.. its a Very Unbiased review. you should just read it..
Also i am looking at what the Ps2 can do.. they have shown it able to output 2xHD signals so you can hook up 2 tvs to 1 Ps2.. You will be able to do 32x9 output (Panoramic) you can run 1 tv with game and 2nd with added info like stats and such if in racing game or map. Or you can have independant applications running on the 2nd TV.. (Note: Next sentance is my though nothing real or said about it) So possibly maybe 2 people playing two different games.. Maybe not viable but it seems that the hardware will be powerful enough possibly.
Nvidia looked at doing unified and it wasn't "viable" for htem to do it.. they did build model using it and they choose this route.. Also i don't know why people would really scrutinise that article. it isn't biased it doesn't bash either one of the cards.. all it does is say "how" they do things different and report stuff that has been told by the vendors.. its a Very Unbiased review. you should just read it..
Also i am looking at what the Ps2 can do.. they have shown it able to output 2xHD signals so you can hook up 2 tvs to 1 Ps2.. You will be able to do 32x9 output (Panoramic) you can run 1 tv with game and 2nd with added info like stats and such if in racing game or map. Or you can have independant applications running on the 2nd TV.. (Note: Next sentance is my though nothing real or said about it) So possibly maybe 2 people playing two different games.. Maybe not viable but it seems that the hardware will be powerful enough possibly.