CPU as GPU

[mogallin]

ok, so ive ordered this cool 8 core mac pro with a 8800gt and i googled a bit on crysis. It seems i will need a hell of a graphics card, or many of them, to run it on high graphics levels.

My question is therfore, is it possible to have the CPU doing some of the GPUs work? I will probably have 4 cores almost unuesd when gaming and thats sort of a pitty

 

[Fearless Leader]

no, the gpu does graphics work so many times better than your cpu. besides 4 of your cores are already being thrashed, pretty good by todays standards.

 

[mogallin]

Thanks you for the quick response. Imagine if Dells support could be as quick and helpful...

Then my next questions are:

1 Does CrossFire work in bootcamp?
If so, which are the best ATI cards available for Mac OS X?

2 Will it be possible to find windows SLI drivers for 8800, that dont require a SLI Motherboard?

3 Else, what would be the single most powerful card for Mac?

 

[Fearless Leader]

no sli or crossfire unfortunately its support lies in the motherboard AND software and apple doesnt do either.

It wont work in os x but i think this is the most powerful card (an sli hack) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143138&Tpk=9800+GX2

 

[Eidorian]

I'm going to suggest the 4870 first and then the 4870X2.

 

[alphaod]

Where a GPU can process and display 100FPS, the CPU can only do like 2FPS, so even if you could utilize it, it would have almost ZERO benefit.