Interesting

deusexlumina · 20 Sep 2009 at 11:33

Quite an interesting concept:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/18/...rd-runs-two-whole-systems-simultan/#continued

Summary: DFI have created and plan to release a motherboard that can run both a socket 775 setup simultaneously with an atom based setup, basically fusing a gaming rig and a file server into one system.

Quite basic at the moment, but maybe in the future instead of speedstep/cool and quiet we'll all have boards that simply switch to an entire other system when idle to save power

PermaBanned · 20 Sep 2009 at 11:35

...what? Why? Forgive me for not seeing the point in this.

PhillyDee · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:47

Maybe not for home use, but how about a gaming platform that only uses the quad core 6gb hyperthread power hungry card when gaming, and uses the low TDP atom when surfing . . . .

SMAndy · 20 Sep 2009 at 16:50

Depends what they mean by the setup... Could they mean having 2 separate computers in one box, potentially even on one BIG board?

With a meaty enough power supply, i'm sure it'll be able to run both a beast of a system and a measly atom system together. Could allow you to have your file server and gaming system together, but separate at the same time. Great for LAN parties, a-la

"Have you got this file? i need it for a game to work"
"Damn, its on my file server, at home."
"i've got my file server here! nyaaa"

sorted.