Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by FeepingCreature on Thursday August 11, 2016 @06:24AM
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Yes well maybe if Intel's cool toolkit to highlight cache issues didn't cost more than a hobbyist could plausibly justify...
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Re:“CPUs are optimized for video games”
by jeremiep on Thursday August 11, 2016 @11:16AM
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Its far worse than that. Even PC games are often optimized by hardware vendors rather than the actual developers.
See http://www.gamedev.net/topic/666419-what-are-your-opinions-o...
On consoles we get access to the hardware specs and profilers for everything - even if behind huge paywalls and confidentiality contracts. Yet with all that information available its still insanely hard to optimize the codebase.
There's absolutely no incentive to push these tools/specs to hobbyists because even professionals have a hard time getting them. Its also worth mentioning that having access to the tools and specs doesn't mean you'll understand how to properly use them.