Just got done reading Maximum PC January issue and loved the Article on The State of GPU Computing and what API's can do for us when we have the right Software that takes advantage of GPGPU's (General-purpose computing on graphics processing units). Some video editing software like adobe premiere pro can tap into Nvidia's CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture).
Adobe’s Premiere Pro is a professional-level video editing tool. One of the tasks necessary for any video editor is previewing projects as you assemble clips, titles, transitions and filters into a coherent whole. Adobe’s Mercury playback engine uses CUDA to accelerate the preview. This is incredibly useful as projects grow in size you’re able to scrub back and forth on the timeline in real time, even after making changes.
This is just a example of what GPGPU can do for us in the near future, there is one thing that I hated and that was the fact that AMD had taken a slightly different road. At first, the company tried to mimic Nvidia’s CUDA efforts, but eventually discarded that approach and fully embraced open standards like OpenCL and DirectCompute. Read the full Article in the January Magazine or on there Website its something to do while you wait for a GTX 680 to come in-stock Come on TSMC!
Source: The State of GPU Computing | Maximum PC January