OpenCL Realistic?

xCaptainAmazing · January 24th, 2009

Let me start by saying I am a complete noob. OpenCL (to the best of my knowledge) is rather new, and allows the computer to take advantage of any unused resources on the GPU, and uses that to attain more general computing power (like a CPU). Now to me, that seems like it would be highly advantageous when emulating games because general computing power is what is required the most for smooth play.

Having said that, I am wondering whether the implementation of this is even possible/realistic in future builds of Dolphin, or if there are many complications (which a noob like me wouldn't know) and it is not going to be a possibility.

Thanks for reading.

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makotech222 · January 24th, 2009

from what i read its a lot like CUDA. this idea was suggested to pcsx2 but was denied, saying it wouldnt benefit much. i dont know much more than that.

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xCaptainAmazing · January 25th, 2009

alright that's cool. thanks for the information man, it was just a crazy idea I had.

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Squall-Leonhart · January 25th, 2009

Its a limitation in the implementation. the drivers cannot switch between the tasks of Rendering graphics, and rendering cuda/opencl fast enough for it to be viable.

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xCaptainAmazing Nintendo Lover Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 23	OpenCL Realistic? Let me start by saying I am a complete noob. OpenCL (to the best of my knowledge) is rather new, and allows the computer to take advantage of any unused resources on the GPU, and uses that to attain more general computing power (like a CPU). Now to me, that seems like it would be highly advantageous when emulating games because general computing power is what is required the most for smooth play. Having said that, I am wondering whether the implementation of this is even possible/realistic in future builds of Dolphin, or if there are many complications (which a noob like me wouldn't know) and it is not going to be a possibility. Thanks for reading. __________________ "Amazement Guaranteed"

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January 25th, 2009	#3 (permalink)
xCaptainAmazing Nintendo Lover Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 23	alright that's cool. thanks for the information man, it was just a crazy idea I had. __________________ "Amazement Guaranteed"

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,918	Its a limitation in the implementation. the drivers cannot switch between the tasks of Rendering graphics, and rendering cuda/opencl fast enough for it to be viable. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.