Plumbing?
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Jet
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Imagine this: (slightly wrong, but will help you get the picture)
The amount of pipelines is like a "multiplier" for the core speed (it doesn't affect the memory speed, the "multiplier" for memory speed is rated in bits, ie, 256bit or 128bit) so, if you have a two cards with a 500mhz core clock, and one has 20 pixelpipelines and the other 24, then this is the difference:
20pp:
20x500=10,000
24pp:
24x500=12,000
The amount of pipelines is like a "multiplier" for the core speed (it doesn't affect the memory speed, the "multiplier" for memory speed is rated in bits, ie, 256bit or 128bit) so, if you have a two cards with a 500mhz core clock, and one has 20 pixelpipelines and the other 24, then this is the difference:
20pp:
20x500=10,000
24pp:
24x500=12,000
BigBrains57
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Well put Jet, ha, never thought of it quite that way
DCIScouts
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^^
There ya go, I think of it more like a fuel pump in a car. More pipelines is like a bigger fuel pump allowing more fuel (data) to get to the engine (processor) at once. Or maybe like more cylinders... Anyways, the more pipelines available the more textures and data that the graphics card can process at once.
There ya go, I think of it more like a fuel pump in a car. More pipelines is like a bigger fuel pump allowing more fuel (data) to get to the engine (processor) at once. Or maybe like more cylinders... Anyways, the more pipelines available the more textures and data that the graphics card can process at once.