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- initialism computer hardware Initialism of
graphics processing unit . It is anelectronic processor dedicated to displayingimages . - initialism Initialism of State Political Directorate (Государственное Политическое Управление). This is the Russian
secret police
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At least mediaplayerclassic indeed rely on the shader to operate gpu Only specific problems can be solved efficiently on the GPU.
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(cpu and gpu) independently and trigger the fans whichever was reaching the danger threshold first, but obviously this is not the case. jmsala, the GPU most definitely heats up.
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The push of specific processes to the GPU is very apparent.
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You should see some speed improvement as the GPU is contributing to the computation.
SETI@Home on Dell XPS m1330 running Ubuntu with CUDA « dudegalea
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NVIDIA GF100 GPU Fermi Graphics Architecture - NVIDIA's latest GPU is codenamed GF100, and is the first graphics processor based on the Fermi architecture.
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NVIDIA GF100 GPU Fermi Graphics Architecture - NVIDIA's latest GPU is codenamed GF100, and is the first graphics processor based on the Fermi architecture.
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Based on the Fermi architecture, NVIDIA's latest GPU is codenamed GF106 and is equipped on the GeForce GTS 450.
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NVIDIA's latest GPU is codenamed GF100, and is the first graphics processor based on the Fermi architecture.
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NVIDIA GF100 GPU Fermi Graphics Architecture - NVIDIA's latest GPU is codenamed GF100, and is the first graphics processor based on the Fermi architecture.
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X-bit labs believes that the FTC uses general term GPU to refer to both chipsets with integrated graphics processors (IGPs) and discrete graphics chips since the success of the former limit market opportunities of the latter.
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