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Hiya.
I think this is the right place to ask this, because my question is about the hardware. Anyway sorry if it's not. Ahem. Anyway~
Microsoft had some kind of DX12 capable software renderer that allows a CPU to render a video game, for example, but in software (so it emulates the function of a GPU). Is that a thing?
And if so, I have a silly question. Would this software renderer scale with AVX2/512 and if so could a 28-core Intel Xeon on Skylake with AVX512 be able to render a modern video game at a decent FPS at say, 1080p? Without the need for a dedicated GPU doing the work? Also the 32-core EPYC processor using AVX2, how would that compare to for example a GTX 1080 or RX Vega 64?
Sorry if it's a dumb question but I was just honestly curious.
I think this is the right place to ask this, because my question is about the hardware. Anyway sorry if it's not. Ahem. Anyway~
Microsoft had some kind of DX12 capable software renderer that allows a CPU to render a video game, for example, but in software (so it emulates the function of a GPU). Is that a thing?
And if so, I have a silly question. Would this software renderer scale with AVX2/512 and if so could a 28-core Intel Xeon on Skylake with AVX512 be able to render a modern video game at a decent FPS at say, 1080p? Without the need for a dedicated GPU doing the work? Also the 32-core EPYC processor using AVX2, how would that compare to for example a GTX 1080 or RX Vega 64?
Sorry if it's a dumb question but I was just honestly curious.