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I think we're still pretty far off from that. Graphics are still held back massively by processing power, and algorithms that significantly could improve visual

by kart23 4y ago

I think we're still pretty far off from that. Graphics are still held back massively by processing power, and algorithms that significantly could improve visuals would have been developed by now if it were that easy.

awestroke 4y ago
Graphics is very parallel, and so not that affected by a single-core performance plateau. We can keep increasing number of gpu cores.
- IshKebab 4y ago
  Sure but not many people want a 1 kW GPU.
  - awestroke 4y ago
    That has more to do with frequency. Frequency requires higher voltage
    - IshKebab 4y ago
      Not really, frequency has plateaued precisely because of the crazy power scaling with frequency. The easily parallelisable nature of graphics means you can always make a faster GPU with more cores. The trouble is, newer nodes aren't reducing power usage per transistor very much, so all the newer GPUs just have a ton more silicon, and therefore much higher power requirements.
      - awestroke 4y ago
        RTX 3090 TI: 1560 MHz base, 1860 MHz boost RTX 4090: 2235 MHz base, 2520 MHz boost
        kart23 4y ago
        yeah, and the power draw is around the same because the 4090 is 4nm, and the 3090 ti is 8nm. smaller transistors means more power efficient chips, and thus larger improvements in graphics.