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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat Jan 15th at 12:22am 2005

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-124-114&DEPA=1 [addsig]



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Posted by Bobv on Sat Jan 15th at 12:31am 2005

umm... wow... look at the price who would pay that?
wonder if it's worth it, though




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Posted by omegaslayer on Sat Jan 15th at 1:23am 2005

Yup its real, there is a 3rd brand to the world of gfx cards. Wildcats are powerfull AND EXPENSIVE! These cards are mainly used for rendering, In fact I believe this is the same model that was used to render everything in Star Wars Episode 2 (look at its max resolution!). Its really not meant for gameing, its got A LOT of memory, but its not fast enough to persay the 6800 GT's memory.

I tried buying one at one point, but 3D Labs doesnt sell it to you, saying that we dont need that kind of power. Plus there is a large contract/licence.

Here is a card even more powerfull from their web site: http://www.3dlabs.com/products/product.asp?prod=293

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Posted by Foxpup on Sun Jan 16th at 12:57am 2005

It's one of the most powerful PC graphics cards in existence, you certainly wouldn't use it for gaming, even if you could afford it. Really, it's just way too powerful. If Microsol were allowed to speak on this subject, they would say:
You'll pay a hefty premium on this card or have to fill out a stack of forms two feet high.

Somebody buy one of these things for HL2, and tell me how fast it is. [addsig]



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Posted by BlisTer on Sun Jan 16th at 1:34am 2005

myeah.. while we're at it... hook it up with this:

BlueGene/L>>

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367 teraFLOP/s (in symmetric mode)>>

184 teraFLOP/s (in communications co-processor mode) Peak computational rate>>

16 TB Aggregate memory>>

400 TB Aggregate global disk>>

40 GB/s Delivered I/O bandwidth to applications>>

1,024 x 1-Gb/s Ethernet External networking>>

65,536 (131,072) Number of nodes (processors)>>

256 MB Memory per node>>

Dual PowerPC 440 Microprocessor technology>>

2 MW Power required for computer and cooling>>

4,500,000 BTU/hr Heat generated>>

5,000 Cables in the machine>>

12 miles Aggregate cable length>>

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Posted by SaintGreg on Sun Jan 16th at 5:52am 2005

Massively multithreaded machines have no use for PC gaming though :/ . Plus I bet many if not most of the machines snarkpit users run have better performance than a single node of that beast. Why plug a gfx card into it though? You could just use it to software render tons of frames per second on its own .




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Posted by m0p on Sun Jan 16th at 7:43am 2005

OMG! That things DX9 compatible, someone care to buy it and test it on HL2?




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Posted by pepper on Sun Jan 16th at 8:26am 2005

you could wire it up and run flightsimulator wiht 15 screens on 1 card!
the problem would be the ports.
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Posted by Foxpup on Sun Jan 16th at 8:47am 2005

I think you'll find that the above supercomputer is considerably more expensive than anything anyone here's ever seen. It's around a million times more powerful than a standard desktop PC. Can someone get an exact pricing on that thing? I WANT ONE!!! [addsig]



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Posted by m0p on Sun Jan 16th at 8:51am 2005

I am sure a MIPS based SGI cluster would outrun it anyday. 512 cpu's per system, 2tb ram per system and 8 systems can be put into a cluster. Coupled with a RISC compatible Unix, that makes a very fast server/rendering cluster.

www.sgi.com




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Posted by BlisTer on Sun Jan 16th at 9:03pm 2005

? quoting m0p
I am sure a MIPS based SGI cluster would outrun it anyday.

i'm talking existing systems

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Posted by omegaslayer on Sun Jan 16th at 9:15pm 2005

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OMG! That things DX9 compatible, someone care to buy it and test it on HL2?

Im telling you/everyone here, this card plays games like crap, its meant for rendering models (hence its massive memory), or CG movies (like the final fantasy movie). Its got a lot of RAM, but its slow RAM, meaning its not up to par with other cards.
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Posted by Gorbachev on Sun Jan 16th at 9:28pm 2005

I've seen workstation cards upwards of $5,000 each. But as Slayer said, they're for rendering not gaming.
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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Wed Jan 19th at 10:03pm 2005

HOLY. CRAP. MUUUST.. GEET... $800... mut sell... grandmother... [is salivating incessatly] [addsig]



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Posted by Neural Scan on Wed Jan 19th at 10:23pm 2005

Would it not be possible to make a card this powerful which was fast aswell? I don't understand how graphics cards work but surely it's possible to have both power AND speed.



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Posted by ben_j_davis on Thu Jan 20th at 10:07am 2005

Of coarse its expensive its a CAD card, Valve probably use similar ones. Never seen DX9 one though. [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Thu Jan 20th at 1:08pm 2005

? quoting Neural Scan
Would it not be possible to make a card this powerful which was fast aswell? I don't understand how graphics cards work but surely it's possible to have both power AND speed.

You use more expensive RAM... It's like the whole GFX card RAM scandal which went on. Turns out most 128mb DDR cards are better than their 256Mb card improvements, mainly because the 256mb cards use crap RAM, whereas the 128Mb cards use good stuff.

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Posted by Foxpup on Fri Jan 21st at 12:22am 2005

They won't make a graphics card with power and speed because nobody would buy it. It'd be just way too expensive - around $2000 say. [addsig]



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Posted by omegaslayer on Fri Jan 21st at 2:12am 2005

Gaming---Fast RAM.
Rendering---Large amount of RAM.
Gaming/rendering---a feat that is yet to be accomplished.
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Posted by Jinx on Fri Jan 21st at 2:37pm 2005

? quoting omegaslayer
Im telling you/everyone here, this card plays games like crap, its meant for rendering models (hence its massive memory), or CG movies (like the final fantasy movie). Its got a lot of RAM, but its slow RAM, meaning its not up to par with other cards.

Actually, it says it has DDR3, which is the fastest they have on video cards right now I believe. You're right, though- this is for cad/rendering/etc., it's probably next to useless for gaming. If you want to waste a lot of $$ on impossibly powerful graphics cards, just go get yourself a 6800 SLI rig






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