There are obviously only AMD or NVIDIA cards to choose from.Īnd for the last couple of years I have always chosen AMD/ATI CPUs/GPUs as I upgraded my PC because they had often the best value for money.īut when it comes to GPGPU a lot of applications are written in CUDA and therefore won't run on AMD cards.Īnd for me it seems that a lot of developers seem to prefer CUDA over OpenCL. So I am now looking for the most future-proof GPU, in respect to supported GPGPU features, on the market. I am currently doing my Master degree in Visual Computing and I am interested in Real-Time Global Illumination algorithms which almost always make heavy use of GPGPU. I ask this because currently I am looking for a new graphics card to replace my old HD 4890.Īlthough it is sufficient for most games it's lack of DX11, OpenCL 1.1+ (not to mention CUDA) support is quite hindering.Įspecially when it comes to GPGPU a lot of applications require more than OpenCL 1.0. Will the next (non OEM only) generation HD 9xxx (?) support OpenGL 4.4 or OpenCL 2.0 and when will it be released.

Will there be a driver for the current AMD HD 7xxx graphics card generation which supports OpenGL 4.4 and maybe even OpenCL 2.0 or is this not possible on the current hardware and a new architecture/design is needed?Īnd regarding the possible need for a new architecture/design:

Upgrade opengl 4.4 to 4.5 amd