Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] newbie q: making a machine
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 12:04:17 EEST
On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 09:32:39AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 06:30:57PM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
> > > For a recording studio application I
> > > wanted zero noise.
> >
> > I chose a Matrox G550 Dual DVI for this job, since I wanted really
> > good 2D. Does anyone actually use accelerated 3D in a music studio?
>
> Not yet, but you have tro wonder how much CPU you can save by pushing some
> of the rendering of those fancy UIs onto the card.
>
> Theres also the potnetial of using high end graphics cards to run DSP
> sofrtware, there quite good at FFTs aparently, something like 20x faster
> than a good P4.
<question mode="dumb">
But how do you get the result back?
can graphics cards give data back to the cpu, or is it just a 1-way trip
to the monitor?
</dumb>
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