GTX 460 only running with 224 cores?

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panzerstadt
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hi,

I have just downloaded the demo and first off, IT IS AWESOME! however, it does hurt a bit to find out after 5 minutes that i'm actually losing 112 cores when using octane render. not too shabby running at 70% capacity but still...

the closest answer i could get from googling was this anandtech review: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvid ... 200-king/2 which talked about the GF104 having 3 blocks of CUDA cores instead of 2 (GF100 architecture). this weird arrangement means that since they still use 2 warp schedulers (whatever that means), the third block will only be on standby and is only used when processing exceeds 224 cores. and they use something called superscalar execution (that sounds real cool but really unhelpful to lay students like me).

this seems to point out that since octane uses only 224 cores, some coding might be required to fully utilize the remaining 112?

well this is as far as i can understand. anyone else with the same problem? i do hope that this would be solved as soon as possible. uni's starting soon. :)

also, octane rocks, period!
peterd
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From tomorrow on you'll have all cores working hard.
Version 1.00 is knocking on our doors. Yeah !!!
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Eggar
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peterd wrote:From tomorrow on you'll have all cores working hard.
Version 1.00 is knocking on our doors. Yeah !!!
Where you gettin' that news :idea:
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peterd
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Tomorrow they'll release pre-beta 2.3 with full core support for new GTX460 and a lot new features.
(it's in the licensed customer forum)
Don't know when the demo upgrade is planned although.
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Eggar
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peterd wrote:Tomorrow they'll release pre-beta 2.3 with full core support for new GTX460 and a lot new features.
(it's in the licensed customer forum)
Don't know when the demo upgrade is planned although.
Whoooohooo! I've been looking for even a peep about this and have come up empty.

THanks for the news Perterd
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Eggar
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Hey wait....I am a Liscensed User :? Is there a secret club house handshake I need to know before seeing this forum or will some mystic sage materialize before my eyes and lay out the path....? :P
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panzerstadt
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yes! that's great news! haha.. can't wait for the demo to appear then~ thanks!
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Eggar wrote:Hey wait....I am a Liscensed User :? Is there a secret club house handshake I need to know before seeing this forum or will some mystic sage materialize before my eyes and lay out the path....? :P
Hi,

I don't have you in my DB as one.
Can you contact us at license at ourdomain dot com ?

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peterd wrote:Tomorrow they'll release pre-beta 2.3 with full core support for new GTX460 and a lot new features.
(it's in the licensed customer forum)
For real? Exciting news, I can't wait :D
Eggar
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I do notice that my logon name and password for the main page is slightly different than the login I use on the Forum. (saved in my SeaMonkey) should I try to logon to the forum with my 'mainpage' name/password. (I'll try right now to see if, I can answer my own question) ;)
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