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paintballs-show-the-true-power-of-the-gpu

Paintballs Show the True Power of the GPU

by Dan Landis on September 1, 2008 at 2:00 am

Computer graphic pimps Nvidia, makers of all things GeForce, recently held their own little tradeshow dubbed “Nvision”. During the final hours of the event, Nvidia had some special guests take the stage to give a little visual presentation on how great graphics chips are. In order to demonstrate the advanced power that a GPU has over a regular ol’ CPU, Nvidia hired the Mythbusters guys. What resulted was some paintball-shooting robots and some typical Mythbusters over-the-toppedness that you just have to see. Video follows. Read more…

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