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    A petaFLOPS of peak power

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by agusman, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    A petaFLOPS of peak power

    How do you think this would play GTAIV and Crysis:Warhead? :D


     
    agusman, Oct 13, 2009
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  2. nklive

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    I bet you won't be able to play these games since it doesn't run Windows.... :elvis: :D :D :D
     
    nklive, Oct 13, 2009
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  3. BrandonSi

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    Needs 280 SLI... :D
     
    BrandonSi, Oct 13, 2009
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  4. melthd

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    crysis would be too easy for such a monster, but nklive is right :)
     
    melthd, Oct 13, 2009
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    ratchetnclank, Oct 13, 2009
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  6. agusman

    agusman when the going gets weird

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    wouldn't it be nice to attach a room full of SLI's to this?

    I'd pay to see that...
     
    agusman, Oct 13, 2009
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    I reckon this could simulate quite a few SLI's, no need for fancy graphics
     
    funky monk, Oct 13, 2009
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  8. teeth_03

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    why is this in the gaming section?
     
    teeth_03, Oct 13, 2009
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    Awseome.. nver knew that super computers were so powerful!
     
    sean473, Oct 13, 2009
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  10. sgogeta4

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    Sean, you should Google "supercomputers".
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 13, 2009
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  11. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It would probably run Linux, like most supercomputers.
     
    Bog, Oct 13, 2009
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  12. Serg

    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    Dont supercomputers run Unix?
     
    Serg, Oct 13, 2009
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    Indeed they do run Unix.
     
    emike09, Oct 13, 2009
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  14. Serg

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    Then Bog is mistaken about them running Linux??
    AFAIK, supercomputers run Unix...
     
    Serg, Oct 13, 2009
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    Supercomputers run on a variety of operating systems. Just no windows.
     
    Trottel, Oct 13, 2009
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  16. Bog

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  17. osomphane

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    I thought unix was an ambigous term referring to anything meeting unix specifications... more like super computers are running unix-like oses?
     
    osomphane, Oct 13, 2009
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  18. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    And I thought Unix was a derivative of Linux?

    But darn, petaFLOPS. What's next, googleFLOPS? lol
     
    kisetsu17, Oct 14, 2009
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    Some run linux such as redhat.
     
    ratchetnclank, Oct 14, 2009
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  20. Bog

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    If anyone looked at the top500 link I posted, they would see that almost 400 out of the top 500 supercomputers run Linux. A large portion of the last 20% run "Other", likely an OS designed from scratch for their computing purposes. The rest run AIX or SLES9.

    Linux is a derivative of Unix. Actually, many *nix purists see it as a "bastar*ised" version of Unix, but most people don't really care.

    It used to be an OS designed by AT&T, but nobody runs it anymore and the term "unix" is now understood to mean standards compliance. You are correct, however. To say, however, that most supercomputers run Unix-like OSes is a pretty general statement. Windows can have Unix compliance installed, but we don't see Deep Blue booting Windows Vista.

    In fact, I see that a small fraction of the top500 run AIX, which is a variant of BSD.
     
    Bog, Oct 14, 2009
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  21. Ayle

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    They run some form of *nix, who care if its linux, bsd, unix or whatever?
     
    Ayle, Oct 14, 2009
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