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Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:03 am
by freedomhays
Do you think this will run FSX,  You would think it would get lost.

NASA gives tour of latest supercomputer

Pleiades uses more than 12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips...

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/show ... =212400530

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:16 am
by Fozzer
...its slowly getting there...  ::)...

F....Pentium 486 DX100... 8-)..!

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:25 am
by Mazza
Let's steal it and play games muhahahahahahaha Image

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:44 am
by BigTruck
[quote]Do you think this will run FSX,

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:54 am
by freedomhays
Ain't cheap,
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   * One hour - $495
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Oakland

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Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:29 pm
by Steve M
[quote]Do you think this will run FSX,

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:32 pm
by Fozzer
Will someone please tell the Airship Pilot that he is heading for City Hall!... :o... :o... :o...!

Image

... ;D... ;D... ;D...!

F...full of hot air... 8-)...!

http://www.airshipventures.com/ourstory.php

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:01 pm
by lunitic_8
[quote][quote]Do you think this will run FSX,

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:42 pm
by SubZer0
I say overclock it  ;)

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:21 pm
by Brando14100
The gamer's dream computer. Can you rent it for a day?

;)

8-)

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:21 pm
by Dr.bob7
silly nasa nerds doing ther math when they could be wasting time and money playing FSX and CoD5

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:30 am
by expat
12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips linked on dual 20 Gbit/second Infiniband interconnects to deliver 487 TFlops of Linpack performance..........................anyone translate that from geek speak into English :-? :-?

Matt

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:35 am
by freedomhays
12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips linked on dual 20 Gbit/second Infiniband interconnects to deliver 487 TFlops of Linpack performance..........................anyone translate that from geek speak into English :-? :-?

Matt

Geek to English
XEON E5472 QC LGA771 3.0G 12MB  
12,000 X $1,104.38  = $13,252560.00  ;D

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:52 am
by T1MT1M
12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips linked on dual 20 Gbit/second Infiniband interconnects to deliver 487 TFlops of Linpack performance..........................anyone translate that from geek speak into English :-? :-?

Matt




Lots of processors, very fast. (your average pc will deliver 1 Teraflop, a ps3 will do 2 teraflops, this will do 487. not a very good way of determining perfomance but when you have 487 you know that its A LOT better than your system :P.

Re: Do you think this will run FSX

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:03 pm
by KDSM
12k quad cores? I have a new goal!!