Toshiba Starts Sample Shipping of SpursEngine SE1000 Co-processor

[jbunch07]

So it can only decode 1 stream of 1920 x 1080 / 60 uncompressed at a time?

As much as they hype this cell shit, you'd think it could do 5 at once lol

That would be overkill, but I want to see some benchmarks. It probably sucks.

i wouldn't say it sucks but i agree i wanna see some benches to...like before and after this is installed kinda stuff...im sure it helps some people allot but i guess it really just depends on the system you use it on...

 

[ps3divx.com]

intresting i think i want to sample one..

Will someone ues this, and make a ps3 emu? yes, I know it is only 4 spu's, but I am sure that would speed things up quite a bit, or perhaps we can stick like 2 or three of those cards in. yay yay yay.

 

[Solaris17]

with the right programs and bios modification maybe it could be modded to ppu dont know if this card has a bios though maybe il write them

 

[Deleted member 3]

first off 1x is PLENTY for this kinda card, pci-e 1x is FAR higher bandwith then normal pci 2.x and its got a detocated link to the chipset, this means its bandwith is NOT SHARED, todays videocards could run on 1x without much perf hit as long as u kept it in 1 card mode.

Actually a decent videocard (mid-high end) won't run decently on a x1 link. Toms hardware tested this when the 8800's came out, x4 already gave a huge hit on high end cards. x8 was acceptable.

 

[Solaris17]

dan does a 3dmark score differ between 16x and 8?

 

[Mussels]

Actually a decent videocard (mid-high end) won't run decently on a x1 link. Toms hardware tested this when the 8800's came out, x4 already gave a huge hit on high end cards. x8 was acceptable.

didnt i say that earlier in the thread? swear i did.

dan does a 3dmark score differ between 16x and 8?

Yes depending on the card. The difference isnt huge, but it will certainly be noticeable.

 

[Disparia]

Will someone ues this, and make a ps3 emu? yes, I know it is only 4 spu's, but I am sure that would speed things up quite a bit, or perhaps we can stick like 2 or three of those cards in. yay yay yay.

The PS3's Cell also runs at a higher clock rate.

Time to break out the waterblocks for some SpursEngine overclocking

 

[Disparia]

Since you can pickup a PCI HD2400 for off-loaded VC-1/H.264 decoding and viewing, I'm not too worried by the x1 interface

 

[Mussels]

Since you can pickup a PCI HD2400 for off-loaded VC-1/H.264 decoding and viewing, I'm not too worried by the x1 interface

if you already had onboard video with HDMI (such as my mini systems board) and wanted a silent, ultra low power system the HD2400 might even use too much power.

Also, what if you wanted something else in that 16x slot?

We really need reviews to see how much better this is, compared to various models of video cards. W1zzard, perhaps?