Catalyst 14.2

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Will this help or hinder GCIII.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

What is this.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I think he's referring to the latest AMD graphics drivers.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

GalCiv3 doesn't use the Oxide Engine so any of the AMD Mantle stuff in CCC 14.2 isnt' really relevant

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

My interest is in its ability to handle multiple GPUs at once so maybe turns will process faster.

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Quoting ForesterSOF, reply 4
My interest is in its ability to handle multiple GPUs at once so maybe turns will process faster.
End of ForesterSOF's quote

“The AI cab essentially play the game within the player’s [turn]. ...That’s one of the things that we get by having 64-bit that that would've been insane to try to do back then. Basically, you're running two copies of the game at the same time. The other thing is that because we have so many cores to deal with ...every computer player gets their own thread," Wardell explains.

That also helps cut down on turn-cycles times, which should make the game’s pacing snappy and responsive. But Wardell knows that’s not the only metric by which players judge AI performance."

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