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difference between a cpu and a gpu

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imported_renault Original post #1
Mar 27, 2005 at 10:40 PM
ok now what are the differences between a cpu and a gpu(in architecture).what makes a gpu to draw more polygons per second.
hafees
hafees #2
Mar 27, 2005 at 11:52 PM
a (good) GPU has more transistors than a CPU. it has more processing power. while most of the Processors are 32 bit or 64 bit, a GPU may be 128 or 256 bit etc..
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Nemesis #3
Mar 28, 2005 at 3:50 AM
ok, the reason y a GPU can draw more polygons is because it is optimized 4 doing that...a GPU is meant just for rendering all the graphics/drawing polygons/etc and nothing else...the following links should help:

*www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/GPU.html
*encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Graphics_processing_unit
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpu
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit