AMD plans supercomputer with 1,000 GPUs

dmxdex2020 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:08

http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/605374/amd-plans-supercomputer-with-1000-gpus.html

Sounds crazy.

james.miller · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:09

corr, imagine the chaos a BSOD on that thing would cause

dmxdex2020 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:12

I know poor thing would be confused LOL.

TaKeN · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:14

they're at it again :rolleyes:

What a complete waste of time
This company is going bump. Why else would any senior management allow this complete waste of time and money. Stick a fork in them, they are done!

PAH!
1000 285's would be far superior, now excuse my I must climb back on my high horse and leave...

Should be one awesome super comp though

Sayso · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:15

hope they sort out the drivers...they cant even get crossfire working properly

dmxdex2020 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:18

I know i look at the review over at guru3d geforce 295 sli vs 4870x2 crossfire i was amazed to see that a single geforce 295 was getting more fps than 4870x2 in crossfire its shocking.

Sipha · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:27

Depends which review you read

dmxdex2020 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:29

ive found guru3d to be really good with their reviews.

Sipha · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:30

Oh I'm not saying theyre not, just dont believe everything you read.

layte · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:46

This could be interesting. AMD have a lot of experiance with HPC/Supercomputing.

Bradley8988 · 12 Jan 2009 at 18:55

some games and res/aa X2 if faster some not.

w3bbo · 12 Jan 2009 at 20:09

Might run Crysis at a decent framerate....

then again maybe not.

Marf · 12 Jan 2009 at 20:17

w3bbo said:
Might run Crysis at a decent framerate....

then again maybe not.

lol beaten to it

atheos · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:15

And we want the developing world to go green....

Talrinys · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:20

atheos said:
And we want the developing world to go green....

Your point being? GPU's can process a lot more per watt so this is very much a good move in terms of utilizing our resources in the best possible way.

atheos · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:24

Tongue in cheek. Jeez

dmxdex2020 · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:25

Be prepared for 10,000 watt psus going at 2 grand LOL.

Geckovich · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:45

atheos said:
And we want the developing world to go green....

Green as in eco friendly or nVidia biased?

Geckovich · 12 Jan 2009 at 22:47

Just read that article, computing power aside what ungodly bandwidth is going to be needed to deliver a lag free experience on that beast?

atheos · 12 Jan 2009 at 23:08

eco friendly