Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/amd-fusion-apu-gets-its-first-public-demo-at-computex-video/
Hey, what do you know -- the
Fusion lives! AMD's CPU / GPU hybrid, which sounded so revolutionary back when it was first
thought up, has finally shown off its Accelerated Processing grunt by chewing through a section of
Aliens vs Predator live on stage at Computex. We can't say we were exactly bowled over by the performance -- the demo was just a leisurely walk through some leafy terrain, yet still seemed to dip below 30 frames a second at a few points, showing that the APU wasn't all that comfortable handling the DirectX 11 tasks that were put upon it. This chip
is targeted at ultraportables, however, and that's a crowd with distinctly lower standards than your usual desktop gamer, so maybe there's a future for this 2011-bound slice of silicon after all. We've got video of the full AMD presentation after the break -- you'll want to skip ahead 59 minutes to see the
AVP runthrough.
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