Is this true? A program that converts audio data into graphics data for the Vid Card

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to use the video card in your PC to calculate audio? The quote below is from a conversation about some new Physics processor card on anandtech forums.

Originally posted by: Kensai
It was also developed because most high end and active physics calculations will kill a high end CPU during a game. It just doesn't have enough power. Also, GPUs are actually faster than most CPUs compartitively where the GPU calculates video data and the CPU calculates whatever else.

That's why sound engineers use a program that transforms their sound into visual data for the video card to calculate, thus working faster than having to calculate it off the CPU.

I suspect that the PPUs will be stuck in the high-mid to high end sectors of the gaming niche, due to the increased cost.

here is a link to the thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...&enterthread=y

[BevvyB]

This kind of thing is going to get bigger quite soon.

[s0nguy]

The UAD-1 is a revamped grahics card.

SURPRISE!!

-S0nguy