From what I can see on spec sheets, 80s and 90s computers seem to have had only text and resolution as their 'hardware specs' of note when it came to graphics display. I know this would be a function of their majority use, but was there any hardware effects on computers that were similar to consoles?
Or did computers basically skip over all the 2D effects and go straight to 3D acceleration with cards like the Voodoo?
So I've played warhammer 1 and 2 quite comfortably on my PC which occasionally gives me the notification "graphics have been downgraded" which doesn't seem to affect the quality of battles etc, but I'm sure means I am right on that borderline with computer performance. I know the memory usage is huge but I've had a terrabyte put in so just wondering if any of the gamer buffs can give me a heads up if TWW3 is significantly harder on the graphics than the last instalment
He’s been given a school computer but isn’t allowed to use outside software. He’s also not allowed to have an extra computer. He can have a tablet but he wants one that already has software like adobe. Anything portable, Wi-Fi free, and under $400 would be excellent.
I'm currently torn toward whether I should continue my passions in studying computer graphics in a PhD program or search for an entry level position as a graphics programmer. As many of you are currently working in the graphics industry, could I ask what designations are waiting for a PhD in Computer Graphics? Or what positions explicitly require a PhD in graphics and if so, how abundant these opportunities are?
Basically I'm trying to gain a grasp on career opportunities a PhD would open the doors to, or I'm better off searching for an entry level job in the industry. If it may appear that I'm looking to get a degree just for the sake of getting a job, that isn't the case. I'm also passionate about research and learning and the thought of it makes me happy, but the horror stories of graduate programs are definitely frightening me.
All - I get it - things get broken in shipping, but the policy this company has for returns is horrible.
They wait for your part to be Received AND checked before they even send out a replacement part. Frequent calls to support - and they have 0 communication from the returns team. Nobody knows what's going on. I call yesterday and great my part is expected to ship out! Support cant get me a tracking number for some reason (are they lying?) - Today I call and it goes straight to voicemail. I cant even get a human on the stupid chat bot. Its been a month since I received the PC and we're still counting...
This is the worst customer support experience i've ever had from a company. I just want to return the whole PC and buy something else. but guess what? I cant even do that. Thanks for nothing NZXT.
I have a degree in math, and during my degree I mostly stuck to the pure side of things, and learned a thing or two about modern geometry. So I'm quite comfortable with the language of smooth manifolds.
The math used in computer graphics can get really advanced, and it seems like modern differential geometry sometimes makes its appearance in the field. However, when it comes to the very basics, then the math is pretty OK: linear algebra, basic projective geometry, basic physics of light, etc..
But no matter how hard I try to read books on computer graphics, I get blocked by the "programming" aspect. All the books I've tried to read assume the readers are comfortable with object-oriented programming, including the famous "Physically Based Rendering" book.
I know I need to learn C++ to do nontrivial computer graphics work, but is there a resource which allows someone to learn without spending hours figuring out how to use make to build some of the programs to test basic stuff? I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I am blocked by my ignorance of basic programming in trying to learn computer graphics, and I'm wondering if anybody who had close to zero experience in programming successfully made the transition from pure math to computer graphics.
I updated all my drivers one day and noticed that my fps for games had suddenly become bad. I decided to upgrade to windows 11 to see if this would solve the problem, but it didn’t and because of the upgrade I lost all system restore points and now can’t do a system restore to fix it. So if I decide to roll back every single one of my drivers to fix the problem would this be a bad idea and damage my computer? Or would it still be safe? I'm thinking about rolling back all my drivers and then updating them all one at a time so I can examine which driver is affecting my FPS.
Was doing some research for a project and came across this paper on voxel ray tracing by researchers John Amanatides and Andrew Woo double-take after seeing the authors’ names. Thinking about it, I also remembered Inigo Quilez, another computer graphics aficionado. Going down the rabbit hole, I also found out about Sungkil Lee and Pierre Terdiman...
Dunno if this is really the case, but it seems too close to be a coincidence.
I've played 3 wipes of tarkov before this one and never found a GPU inside something. This wipe has only been out for about 2 weeks and I've gotten 3 in duffle bags and 1 in a computer - this can't just be luck right?
I updated all my drivers one day and noticed that my fps for games had suddenly become bad. I decided to upgrade to windows 11 to see if this would solve the problem, but it didn’t and because of the upgrade I lost all system restore points and now can’t do a system restore to fix it. So if I decide to roll back every single one of my drivers to fix the problem would this be a bad idea and damage my computer? Or would it still be safe? I'm thinking about rolling back all my drivers and then updating them all one at a time so I can examine which driver is affecting my FPS.
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