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Answer» i am computer engineering student so have basic knowledge now i am going to buy a computer and with so many options i want to make a good choice also i want to increase my knowledge about hardware current and FUTURE suggest me some good links /free ebooks/torrents/vediosWhat you are asking for can be responded to quite subjectively depending on the responders own experiences. If that is what you want then let the floodgates open. However given that you are a "student" it occurs to me that the people (teachers) providing you with the knowledge are in a much better position to advise you based on where you are at the moment in your studies. truenorththe information i get in college and my textbooks,syllabus and all are highly outdated... highly A couple of important questions are what's your budget? And are you planning on making it yourself, or buying an off the shelf unit? What do you plan on using the computer for, gaming or just school work. How could the books be outdated?wow... that's pretty much what I was going to post Although my examples dealt with BASIC, since I have a college textbook from around 1975 or so on "Applied Structured BASIC". Quote Dr. Richard Mojenahttp://www.cba.uri.edu/news/newsletter/2007/may.htm Quote from: Geek-9pm on December 12, 2010, 02:29:01 PM truenorth, I agree with sou. obviously i was not talking about c++ as i am here in the hardware section well i want information on how modern rams and cpus,gpus work how so that i can better compare between different series and architectures how aa/no aa dx11/dx10 will effect performance and fps i know that 1 memory bandwidth is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions. 2 Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second. 3 Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate. but how important is memory bandwidth as compared to core speed why is 6870 crossfire better than 5870 crossfire even though single 5870 crossfire is better than "why are my textbooks outdated???" we don't use blobby models anymore and graphic cards have come a long way from quadratic texture Maximum memory 4 MB,Memory clock frequency 75 MHz ,Memory bus 64 bits unfortunately our textbooks or atleast mine have not i want upto date knowledge and google only redirects me to reviews and ads what makes Nehalem architecture so phenominal or why is bulldozer so hyped about? how important is eyefinity,physicx,cuda while choosing a card? what specs should i focus on if i want to play all games for a few say 4 years even if it has to be at minimal settings rather than i want to play all games maxed out for atleast 2 years and then i will upgrade how important is msi vs gigabyte difference if i do not want multiple monitor support do i save something? Quote from: rthompson80819 on December 12, 2010, 02:08:30 PM A couple of important questions are what's your budget? And are you planning on making it yourself, or buying an off the shelf unit? What do you plan on using the computer for, gaming or just school work.here is my current choice... should i choose ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 vs ASUS M4A87TD-EVO i do not think i will need usb 3 support as max speed will not be reached should i go for crossfire route or keep replacing old cards do crossfire cause too much heat should i go for vapor versions will i need higher psu? 6850 vs 6870 vs 5770 if i want to play all games for a few say 4 years even if it has to be at minimal settings rather than i want to play all games maxed out for atleast 2 years and then i will upgrade Name SKU Price Quantity / Update Subtotal AMD Athlon™ II X4 645 ADX645WFGMBOX 6,400.00 6,400.00 ASUS M4A87TD-EVO Prod3050 6,400.00 6,400.00 Gskill Ripjaws 1333 DDR3 4GB Kit Prod112 3,750.00 3,750.00 Corsair 550VX PSU Prod3187 4,750.00 4,750.00 Cooler Master Elite 430 Normal/Transparent Panel Panel Type: Transparent RC-430-KWN1 2,800.00 2,800.00 Samsung B2030 Prod3241 6,500.00 6,500.00 Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Prod108 1,800.00 1,800.00 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB- Out of stock. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 11,200.00 11,200.00 Subtotal: 43,600.00 prices from smc i also need to add a ups to that a simple mouse but i want the total price to be under 45,000 if possible even lower what changes do you suggest told Hutchison talking about computer hardware. These pardon my air. I was not paying attention, indeed you put this question in the hardware section and I shouldn't assume you meant a computer hardware engineer. Nowadays computer hardware and and related electronic devices are advancing so fast that it is very difficult for engineers to keep up with new technology. In contrast, software engineering is based on ideas that are centuries old. The concept of using a mechanical or electrical device to do computations has been studied by men for a long time. The new technology today goes beyond the sort of things that you ever learn in traditional physics and CHEMISTRY courses and even general engineering courses. Some of the things that are being done now with the silicon require an understanding of quantum mechanics. At the present time, the best source of free information is from Intel. You could go to their website and look for any free materials they have available. At this time it would be a good idea for you to write some kind of resume showing who you are and what you are doing and what your goals are. When you write to a company such as Intel, incorporate some information from your resume so they will have an idea of what your needs are. Despite what I just said above, you still need to have a foundation in physics. And a good knowledge of chemistry doesn't hurt either. And of course you need mathematics up to at least calculus in order to deal with some of the expressions that are used in hardware design. You can go on to websites such as Amazon and look for current engineering books that have been made available from the best writers. Then look to see if some of these books are available as used books. You can save a lot of money that way. Although the technology is quite new, even engineering books and written five years ago should be suitable for which you're working at at the present time. It is very difficult to say which way are great engineering is going to go. I would advise the youngster to start investigating computer aided design. Much of the work for hardware engineer has to do now days is actually with the computer. You have to be able to design your circuitry in your layouts on a computer. These are then sent to the manufacturer or to your factory. you somebody else here has ideas about art or books. also, you should investigate the more roll Library. It may build DB that in the future are going to be working on mobile designs. In that case, you need to have a more roll Library available to you. It is quite extensive, but some materials are available online at the more roll a website. please excuse spelling errors or bad grammar. I'm doing this in a hurry with my speech recognition system. You should really get the gist of what I'm talking about by the context. Hope this is of some help patio btw, LSD didn't come from Berkeley. Neither did Unix Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix (LSD was) Introduced by Sandoz Laboratories as a drug with various psychiatric uses, LSD quickly became a therapeutic agent that appeared to show great promise. However, the abuse of the drug in Western society during the mid-twentieth century led to a political firestorm that resulted in the banning of the substance. Who is this Jeremy Anderson person anyways? Jeremy Anderson is a 23 year-old computer programmer currently living in the hills around Taipei, Taiwan. He labors daily at one of the many silicon forges located in Taipei. His main interests are the study of Mandarin Chinese, cooking, hiking, and programming for fun and profit. He has very little to do these days with either LSD or Unix (not that he is predjudiced against either of these) He can be reached for further correspondence at the e-mail address [email protected] the original quote was quoted by him in 1989, http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.os2/browse_thread/thread/49ec285cca8bd208/b8d57968ebf070a6#b8d57968ebf070a6 later in 1992 it was corrected, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.drugs/browse_thread/thread/8e577b4f10fac5f8/1153e4eda68e60b6?q=unix+lsd+Anderson&pli=1 "OK. We'll give credit where credit is due here. The quote is indeed mine, and was made several years back at an informal gathering of some friends of mine. I didn't think much of it at the time (nor do I now for that matter) Steve Aukstakalnis (a friend who I've lost touch with. Steve, if you're reading this, you know where to find me now) was largely responsible for spreading it to the net. If anyone should receive the "meme of the year award" it's him. He's pretty social as well and would enjoy the honor. I realize, of course, both LSD and UNIX originated a long ways from Berkeley. It was a wry, off-the-cuff remark, not a polished logically bombproof statement of fact. I will naturally accept nominations and awards for any "meme of the year" contests. Like most residents of Taiwan, I'm pragmatic and obsessed with making money. Don't expect me to travel far to receive it if there isn't some serious cash involved. ;-)" Quote from: lalitmohanchawla on December 14, 2010, 11:06:23 AM patio btw, as for UNIX, close enough. BSD and the AT&T UNIX both shared the same initial design and implementation. LSD was manufacturered in a facility close toe Berkeley. But nonetheless, this has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the TOPIC that you yourself started, and seems more like trolling. An example of trolling... I was leaning in that direction when i gave the reply i did. For someone allegedly at the level of knowledge quest the O/P seemed to be depicting by virtue of the question. I found the grammar and spelling to be less than credible. However wasn't certain as todays higher learning institutions are turning out some less than adequate spellers. I also was giving some allowance for the possibility that English was not the O/P's mother tongue (which now seems to have been dispelled ). truenorth Quote patio btw, I reserve the right to disagree...on both points. BTW it's off the cuff Humor...no need to do a soliquioly on it. |
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