What is a pipe?

[BuddhaRage]

I've heard about how the Radeon 9800xt has 8 pipes and X800pro has 12 pipes and X800xt has 16 pipes. These "pipes" apparently dramatically increase performance.

But what exactly are they, and what do they do?

 

[Brent_Justice]

start here: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,9722,00.asp

 

[V0ltage]

something you smoke weed with....
glass are usually the best...

 

[Deleted member 69395]

something you smoke weed with....
glass are usually the best...

 

[bobmanfoo]

something you smoke weed with....
glass are usually the best...

true, cleaner, smoother, and aeasy to clean