I welcome the admission. It seems like in most situations like this, companies just decline to support older hardware entirely. Now at least the 4000 series is an option, and people know they need to program around its limitations.
@Tim: it is considered old tech, i mean it runs everything you want 'now' fine, but give it another year and it will really really start to show.
this article here is just an example of the HD4000 showing its age.
Even 5000 series cards will be "old tech" until we start seeing applications benefiting from OpenCL.
Not true. 5000 series is bleeding edge tech. Opposite of old tech.
Old tech: software has surpassed (or is starting to surpass) the abilities of the hardware.
Current tech: Software is able to utilize, but has not yet surpassed the abilities of the hardware.
Bleeding edge tech: software is not yet able to utilize the hardware fully.
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In this regard, yes. The 4000 series is old tech.
@Tim: it is considered old tech, i mean it runs everything you want 'now' fine, but give it another year and it will really really start to show.
this article here is just an example of the HD4000 showing its age.
Old tech: software has surpassed (or is starting to surpass) the abilities of the hardware.
Current tech: Software is able to utilize, but has not yet surpassed the abilities of the hardware.
Bleeding edge tech: software is not yet able to utilize the hardware fully.
Or at least that's the way I look at it.