Please Educate Me: AMD FireStream 9270 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

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Wolfrequiem

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What's the deal on this card? And I ask because they don't speak of it in terms that I'm used to seeing, such as Core Clock and Boost Clock and Cuda Cores and things like that, but rather, in terms of "Stream processors," which I don't know how to gauge, as the spec is foreign to me (though I do see it around sometimes, and on current cards). I mean, I know this instance above is an older card, with older technology, but barring that and the mid-range 850 mHz clock--as well as the fact that it somehow seems geared toward servers (???)--does this work on a normal PC in a good way, etc.? I'm just curious, as I need a new, decent graphics card and you can pick these up cheap, but I'm ignorant as to why you might or might not want a card of this nature. Thanks for your help.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195081
 
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_processing

I think in simple words modern gpu was made from lots of stream processor or in short SP. CUDA cores is just a name nvidia made up for their stream processors. Initially they also called it as stream processors. AMD still calling them as it is; Stream processor.

But having more SP does not equal to more performance even within the same architecture. There are also other stuff that affect performance in graphic card like ROP count, bandwidth etc. The card you mention above probably quite old. Actually FireStream is AMD gpu meant for professional work/application. Now they called them as FirePro cards. If your primary purpose is only about gaming then look for 'Radeon'.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_processing

I think in simple words modern gpu was made from lots of stream processor or in short SP. CUDA cores is just a name nvidia made up for their stream processors. Initially they also called it as stream processors. AMD still calling them as it is; Stream processor.

But having more SP does not equal to more performance even within the same architecture. There are also other stuff that affect performance in graphic card like ROP count, bandwidth etc. The card you mention above probably quite old. Actually FireStream is AMD gpu meant for professional work/application. Now they called them as FirePro cards. If your primary purpose is only about gaming then look for 'Radeon'.
 
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That makes sense. I had vaguely assumed the stream processors were more or less the same as Cuda cores, but that they speak of it always in different language--gearing it toward tflops, etc.--is what threw me. Thanks for the clarification.
 
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