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September 22, 2014 7:52:19 AM

Is this the case? What do cyuda cores do?

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September 22, 2014 8:00:49 AM

CUDA cores are the general computation use of the resources an NVIDIA graphics card has. The more CUDA cores available on a graphics card the more hardware the card has for all functions. But memory, memory bandwidth, host interface, and clock speed all contribute to the gaming performance of a card. Generations of NVIDIA hardware also change the equation because newer generations support additional CUDA instructions that older generations don't.
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September 22, 2014 8:02:59 AM

Yes, in general the more CUDA cores the faster the card, but that is a fairly narrow view. To get a feel for a graphics card look at benchmarks for the games/programs you want to run.

CUDA is a GPGPU programming language for Nvidia cards. Each CUDA core can run a single process. If you can imagine something like a Titan with 2880 cores compared to a quad core x86 CPU, then you see why they are useful for things other then games.

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September 22, 2014 8:04:35 AM

TSK-REAPER22 said:
Is this the case? What do cyuda cores do?


That is not always true. For example a GTX 580 is much much better in gaming compared to a GTX 750 Ti which have the same amount of cuda cores.
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September 22, 2014 8:05:52 AM

You need to take into account the CUDA core count and the frequency that these are running at.

Hence why the new 900 series have less Cores but a larger frequency and do better in benchmarks.
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September 22, 2014 10:25:31 AM

So in this case would 2 gtx 970s beat 2 gtx780ti?? They have different core numbers but around the same clocks
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September 22, 2014 10:31:27 AM

TSK-REAPER22 said:
So in this case would 2 gtx 970s beat 2 gtx780ti?? They have different core numbers but around the same clocks


Look at all the benchmarks. The 970 is a powerful card and in most cases just a few frames shy of a 780ti.
There are some exceptions.

I would suggest overclocking to get desired results. Shouldn't take much.
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September 22, 2014 12:04:23 PM

They used to call them Shader Processors or SP's and somewhere along the line AMD started to refer to their cards as having Stream Processors or, wait for it... SP's!

I'll get my coat.

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