Help building a Gaming Rig

[Slimebeast]

Soleron said:

Slimebeast said:

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Am I right though in understanding what it means for the overall performace. The IPC number or whatever at 20-30% plus any increase in clock speed will determine final performance increase?

Any increase in the number of shaders, is that performance increase included in the IPC number btw?

Yeah. IPC is a bit of of a fudge, rather than something you can measure like clock speed or shader count. And it doesn't account for imperfect scaling.

When we say "IPC increases" we mean that they've made changes to the design so that with the same clock speed and shader count the chip performs better.

So, expect a 20-30% boost PLUS whatever shaders they add. Shaders not included initially.

Crisp and clear! Thanks.