Can Lucidlogix Right Sandy Bridge’s Wrongs? Virtu, Previewed

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By Chris Angelini
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Quick Sync was Intel's secret Sandy Bridge weapon, kept quiet for five years and unveiled at the very last moment. But there's a chance that desktop enthusiasts will miss out on that functionality. That is, unless Lucidlogix has anything to do with it.

Benchmark Results: 3DMark11

The GPU scores for both our GeForce GTX 580 and our Radeon HD 6970 are very similar. Somewhat strangely, though, when you dig into the individual games, you see the Radeon HD 6970 consistently losing a bit of performance, while the GeForce GTX 580 gains some.

I can’t think of any good reason a card would actually speed up in this situation, so perhaps the quality/performance slider’s default setting is sacrificing in one department to help the other. We won’t know the exact effect of that option until Lucidlogix gives us more detail, though.

Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini
Chris Angelini is an Editor Emeritus at Tom's Hardware US. He edits hardware reviews and covers high-profile CPU and GPU launches.
61 Comments Comment from the forums
  • rhino13
    AMD's Fusion stuff integrates without needing software though right?
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  • mister g
    I'm pretty sure that Fusion only works with AMD parts, but the idea whould be the same. Anybody else remember this company's ads on the side of some of Tom's articles?
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  • jemm
    I wonder how much the Z68 will cost.
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  • I suppose a multi-monitor setup, main screen for gaming on the discrete card (assuming game only uses that one screen), secondary on the Z68 Output of the Intel HD card, will not have any need for this, and just run perfectly.

    Thats how i will roll, once Z68 gets out.
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  • user 18
    sounds cool, although the whitelist could be a deal-breaker for a lot of people.
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  • haplo602
    seems like we are heading to what voodoo graphics and TV tuners were doing long long time ago. just now over the PCIe bus.

    I wonder why it's so difficult to map framebuffers and create virtual screens ?
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  • tommysch
    I dont want a cheap graphic solution producing heat along my precious CPU...
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  • RobinPanties
    This sounds like software technology that should be built straight into OS's, instead of added as separate layers... maybe OS manufacturer's need to wake up (*cough* Microsoft)
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  • truehighroller
    I already sent back my sandy bridge setup, that's to bad. Guess it's Intel's loss huh?
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  • lradunovic77
    This is another absolutely useless piece of crap. Why in the world would you put deal with another stupid layer and why would you use Intel integrated graphic chip (or any integrated solution) along with your dedicated video card???

    Conclusion of this article is...don't go with such nonsense solution.
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