University of Antwerp Makes 4k € Supercomputer with Four GeForce 9800 GX2 Cards

[DrPepper]

the solution to the energy crisis by recycling used energy on gpu's

 

[newtekie1]

They do need to cnvert this setup to water cooler. Maybe they can do what that village in Europe did with their water cooling setup for their IBM super-computer, use it to heat their public swimming pool.

 

[DrPepper]

Just sit it in a pool and make sure its water proof and it will heat it up. Or you could use it to boil water for tea or for cooking etc.

 

[eidairaman1]

They do need to cnvert this setup to water cooler. Maybe they can do what that village in Europe did with their water cooling setup for their IBM super-computer, use it to heat their public swimming pool.

Wow he is being all serious about this While Shadow and Dr are joking about it, LMAO!!!

 

[Morgoth]

I doubt it since gpu's are much more efficient for that kinda stuff. Unless you mean they replace the phenom with a nehalem.

no i'm talking abouth bandwith of ram and quikpath

 

[DrPepper]

I'm going to make mine a reality DrPeppers nuclear nvidia reactor.

 

[DrPepper]

no i'm talking abouth bandwith of ram and quikpath

Yeah the ram was the weakpoint in the system. I think nehalem with the 4 Gx2's would cure cancer.

 

[Morgoth]

i hope so

 

[eidairaman1]

I'm going to make mine a reality DrPeppers nuclear nvidia reactor.

ya since Green is Related to Nuclear Waste, glowing green lolz.

 

[DrPepper]

i hope so

If it does i'l be an intel believer for life

ya since Green is Related to Nuclear Waste, glowing green lolz.

and green is good for the environment = greenpeace loves me

 

[eidairaman1]

not nuclear waste dude.

 

[DrPepper]

not nuclear waste dude.

just tell them its fairies not radiation

 

[eidairaman1]

just tell them its fairies not radiation

Heh, thats amusing.

 

[Haytch]

I dont see anything super about it.
Its actually a pretty crappy setup, except ofcourse the 4gfx cards. I applaud CUDA being used to make the cards render images given to them for medical purposes, thats gold and very smart, but other then that, its crappy. Actually, its a total piece of shit.

Sorry, i get emotional The only reason i call it a piece of shit computer is because someone actually thinks its SUPER . . . Like i said, nothing super about the actual pc. The super part is the people that wrote the program to make the pc render images for the medical purposes.

Dont IBM have a Supercomputer ? Doesnt everyone have a Supercomputer ?

 

[Disparia]

They have a supercomputer until someone else outdoes them

 

[DrPepper]

I dont see anything super about it.
Its actually a pretty crappy setup, except ofcourse the 4gfx cards. I applaud CUDA being used to make the cards render images given to them for medical purposes, thats gold and very smart, but other then that, its crappy. Actually, its a total piece of shit.

Sorry, i get emotional The only reason i call it a piece of shit computer is because someone actually thinks its SUPER . . . Like i said, nothing super about the actual pc. The super part is the people that wrote the program to make the pc render images for the medical purposes.

Dont IBM have a Supercomputer ? Doesnt everyone have a Supercomputer ?

"delivers roughly the same performance as a supercomputer cluster consisting of hundreds of PCs" If a single pc can do that imagine a cluster of them at roughly a fraction of the cost, if thats not super then your insane also CUDA means they can use it for almost anything a normal supercomputer can do e.g folding at hone or climate simulations etc etc

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

That is one leet and neat build.

 

[Weer]

faulty logic there. SLI allows two images onto one display, but the work they're doing isnt even 3D, nor does it need to be displayed. They're using them as number crunchers through CUDA, not as video cards.

How crude of you to insult my logic. I was simply mis-informed or un-knowledged.

However, I thank you for clearing that up, as it did present a form of interest to me.

 

[Mussels]

How crude of you to insult my logic. I was simply mis-informed or un-knowledged.

However, I thank you for clearing that up, as it did present a form of interest to me.

making assumptions without any empirical evidence or prior knowledge, fits under faulty logic to me. Dont take it personally, it wasnt intended that way.
Video cards work fine in the same system dual display without SLI/crossfire, and always have since the PCI days.

 

[eidairaman1]

ill settle it, both yall stop arguing and kiss and makeup.

 

[Mussels]

ill settle it, both yall stop arguing and kiss and makeup.

 

[sumit_malwadkar]

What a shame.......

What a shame...... they have used AMD Phenom 9850 processor .
Insted of AMD Phenom 9850 processor if they have used Intel Core2Extreme they will surely get more peroformance from this system....

 

[DrPepper]

Not really since that was only to control the gpu's and the flow of information, if it did they would have used a core 2

 

[Morgoth]

What a shame...... they have used AMD Phenom 9850 processor .
Insted of AMD Phenom 9850 processor if they have used Intel Core2Extreme they will surely get more peroformance from this system....

and if the did that the would have a huge bottleneck from the FSB and ram
since amd phenom uses HT, HT gives allot more bandwith then FSB can ever offer

 

[DrPepper]

and if the did that the would have a huge bottleneck from the FSB and ram
since amd phenom uses HT, HT gives allot more bandwith then FSB can ever offer

Cheers for explaining that