8800GTX?? pixel pipelines??

Question

How many pixel pipelines does 8800gtx have and whats a stream processor?
how many pixel shaders does a 880gtx have ??
i saw 124 on the internet!!! impossible as a x1950XTX has like 48

Answer 1

probably its true bro, Nvidia now uses Stream processors, which are replacing pipelines in the current generation of GPU's. Are they better than pipelines ? yes they are, unless otherwise it would give an improvement Nvidia wouldn't do it to let its name and market out.

answer for you - stream processors are to made to replace the same job as pipelines, but this time instead of having physical pipelines, the stream processors do the job that pipes were doing, results are much faster and smoother in rendering and image quality due to the new architecture.

Note - when comparing, the ATI always had less pipelines when competing with the same range of Nvidia's. It is possible to have 128 ( i want to correct you here, its not 124 ) pipes, these are unified and they'll switch to pixel or vertes as needed providing maximum performance, and remember this is the latest GPU out there, and wait and see for the next ATI which is about to come by february or around and then say if its impossible or not, you dont believe those numbers because you're comparing last generation ATI with the next generation Nvidia.

hope my answer helped, good luck bro.

Answer 2

NVIDIA Unified Architecture: Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs.

Current top-end videocards, such as the Radeon X1900 XTX and the GeForce 8800GTX, offer 16 Pixel Pipelines (effectively 48, 3 pixel processors per pipe) and 128 unified shaders respectively.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX - nVidia Pipes - 128 (unified)
ATI Radeon x1950 XTX - ATI Pipes - 16

Answer 3

The 8800 series doesn't have pixel pipelines as it uses a different architecture then any other graphics card out right now. Rather then have one GPU, the 8800 series has one main GPU and several small ones around it. Or so I understand. See my sources to get a better explanation.

Answer 4

Less than a high-end ATI card...at least the final through-put anyway.

If you're interested in knowing, I know of a tech who purchased an 8800 and installed it a few months ago. After five HOURS of playing with it, he pulled it out and installed an ATI card in well under a tenth of that time, including installation of the latest drivers.

Answer 5

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=pixel+pipelines+8800gtx

Answer 6

go to nvidia.com, and go to faqs and search it or something.