2.1 Billion Pixels in Las Vegas Sphere are Powered by 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs

[nguyen]

But can it run Crysis?

Modern day is can it run UE5

 

[modmax]

15360×8640 16k =132.710.400 pixel
x16 =2.123.366.400 pixel

 

[Wirko]

Radeon is largely avoided for major stuff like this. Mentioning it can, should, and will get you fired.

Yeah. In-stinc-t is a ridiculous product, patched together from little pieces by amateurs who don't know better. All it does is steal wafer fab capacity from NVDA and INTC, obviously hurting their stock prices.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Starving gamers in Africa could have eaten those GPUs.

 

[AusWolf]

Impressive, but I have to wonder what the actual use of this spectacle might be.

 

[Vario]

My first instinct says that someone at Nvidia sales got a massive bonus for selling this snakeoil. Isn't this all prerendered and could have been done a fraction of the cost? Then again maybe longterm they plan on upgrading the software for interesting/interactivity, AI, ray tracing, etc, who knows.

the more you buy...



the more you save.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

The funny thing is that most ppl in that vid above are watching thru their phones lol.

Yeah, I saw all the phones! Then they zoomed into the band, who looked like ants. Maybe they should try to use some of that display to show the people actually performing.

 

[watzupken]

So the project could have cost half if they had gone for a radeon solution

May be it’s running DLSS? Lol.

 

[mechtech]

"150 NVIDIA RTX A6000"

Why not Matrox??

 

[bug]

Obviously there is no energy crisis in America...
Just make sure everyone turns their AC up to 80F so shit like this can be built and AI can create a 3 tittied alien.

It's in the middle of the dessert, about 40% renewables: https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=NV

 

[Jism]

Wait, i did read that the rendering was done on a ton of Nvidia GPU's but the actual display is a replay of what was rendered in the first place?

 

[theouto]

I'm just waiting for either doom (1993) or bad apple to be played in there. Surprised doom hasn't been done yet, sounds like a good publicity stunt.

 

[Visible Noise]

Yeah, I saw all the phones! Then they zoomed into the band, who looked like ants. Maybe they should try to use some of that display to show the people actually performing.

They do in other parts of the show.

I attended the 12/6/23 concert. There aren’t words to describe the experience.

Fourth row tix cost as much as a RTX 4090.

 

[KhalidAbusaud]

what a fucking waste of energy and money , instead of using this number of GPUs and money spent on this for medical research or useful purposes , they use it on this gimmicky shit

 

[MentalAcetylide]

what a fucking waste of energy and money , instead of using this number of GPUs and money spent on this for medical research or useful purposes , they use it on this gimmicky shit

That's Las Vegas. Most individuals or organizations with more money than they know what to do with have never really been known for having common sense. They like to use their money to make a big dick for them to waive around in the air while jumping around like a Loony Tunes character(Daffy Duck comes to mind). I could probably think of a thousand more better things to use that kind of money on than some sick yellow blob of urine that looks like a silly emoticon. A waste indeed. Imagine if it was being used to mine crypto....

 

[bug]

what a fucking waste of energy and money , instead of using this number of GPUs and money spent on this for medical research or useful purposes , they use it on this gimmicky shit

It's private $$$. Last I checked, we still the freedom to do whatever with want with our money.
And don't worry, they do spend on R&D, too: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/an...ntry-spends-most-research-and-development.asp

 

[gasolin]

What CPU is used ?

 

[wolf]

According to newegg, a A6000 costs 4500$, at 150x A6000 that's 675000$ to power... a smiley display on a dome building.

Truly the way we are meant to be played.

I'm curious what the AMD equivalent products would have been at the time of this project (lets assume they we're 100% compatible with the projects needs and goals, and absolutely nothing else needs to change or be altered to accommodate that difference), and whether a bit cheaper, the same, or more expensive, "we" wouldn't have "been played"?

Lots of conjecture considering outside of raw pixel numbers we have very little idea of the specific workloads placed on the hardware. The GPU's cost of roughly 0.03% of the project.

Oh right sorry, Ngreedia bad, more leather jackets for Jensen, they bought more so they saved more!

 

[bug]

CPU used ?

Definitely.

 

[NoneRain]

what a fucking waste of energy and money , instead of using this number of GPUs and money spent on this for medical research or useful purposes , they use it on this gimmicky shit

Starving gamers in Africa could have eaten those GPUs.

 

[mxthunder]

Im a huge Vegas nerd. (not a gambler though) Really hated the sphere when it first showed up as it ruined all the plane spotting pictures LOL.
I didnt even have to read the article though, something like this, its just assumed its powered by nvidia.
Now that I have seen it up close, it really is pretty badass.