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IBM Roadrunner. Currently the fastest computer on the planet.
Internals:
- 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs
- 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors
- Infiniband
- Linux
Photo.
You know in a few decades they will show the picture you linked, comparing it to their new ultra portable, ultra powerful tablet looking device that's faster than this.
greatness... MS compute cluster.. guess where i work and what team i manage.. haha great box! Compute cluster and "High Performance Computing" HPC is some awesome stuff.
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With unlimited money, spin off iCrap and the non-computer part of Apple. Or alternately spin off just the MacPro division from the shackles of the mobile division.
Spend real money in R&D.
Offer from the regular MacPro to the Super MacPro Platinum Plus with 4 sockets (24 or 32cores) overclocked to 6 GHz each with a brilliant self-contained LN2 cooling system, 144GB RAM, 20 bays for 2 1/2 inch Corsair RealSSD C300 or Sandforce SSDs in RAID6, Blu-Ray writer; make 4-way SLI/Crossfire work in OSX and have up to 8 30inch monitors.
With a machine like that you could finally play Crysis at 2560x1600 with 16xAA everything maxed out.
I'll get me on of these: http://dustbowl.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/medium_2173697245_e645b65315_o.jpg
And maybe somehow find a way to use 4 of them at once for a full 360 degree display
And maybe somehow find a way to use 4 of them at once for a full 360 degree display
You know in a few decades they will show the picture you linked, comparing it to their new ultra portable, ultra powerful tablet looking device that's faster than this.
Is that Ronald Reagan??
desktop:
mac pro
2 2.93GHz quad cores
32 GB ram
8 TB hdd
2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
4 30" cinema displays
laptop:
15" MacBook Pro (matte screen)
3.06 GHz
8GB ram
500 GB hdd
IBM Roadrunner. Currently the fastest computer on the planet.
Internals:
- 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs
- 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors
- Infiniband
Photo.
- Linux
Just think that will power the new iPhone 15,1 in 25 years
. It will be running on the latest iPhone OS 12.0
Question, has anyone ever achieved the legendary 8x 30" monitor setup with a single Mac Pro? Photo evidence requested, Google sheds no light on the matter
I've got something that's close to my dream system: 8-core Mac Pro (2.26 GHz, 16 GB of RAM, RAID-0). For remote use, I have an old MacBook & I'm waiting for the updates before I replace it.
The wife has a 21.5" iMac, and the kids' study room has an older 20" Core 2 Duo iMac.
I'll skip the 2010 Mac Pro but I hope to upgrade the Mac Pro when Sandy Bridge is released. For me, it's not cost effective to upgrade every generation, so I'll upgrade every second generation.
The wife has a 21.5" iMac, and the kids' study room has an older 20" Core 2 Duo iMac.
I'll skip the 2010 Mac Pro but I hope to upgrade the Mac Pro when Sandy Bridge is released. For me, it's not cost effective to upgrade every generation, so I'll upgrade every second generation.
I'm fine with my iMac but wouldn't mind having a Mac Pro. Probably Mac Pro, then MiniITX PC (2.8GHz i7, ATI 5870, 8GB RAM) as a gaming and LAN-party computer along with a 13" MBP.
All I actually need is a laptop because I already have a PS and iMac but I can always dream
All I actually need is a laptop because I already have a PS and iMac but I can always dream
I have seen people using six 30"s. Generally, you do not want multiples of four 30"s because 1, you are staring straight at the blank space between two displays, and 2, that becomes pretty damn wide.
I have a huge desk with a 3x1 setup, and the sides of the panels almost hang off of the sides of the desk.
I feel very lucky, in that my ideal setup is almost exactly what I have. I could always use a few more XServes, but life is pretty good now...
IBM Roadrunner. Currently the fastest computer on the planet.
Internals:
- 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs
- 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors
- Infiniband
- Linux
Photo.
That would be AWESOME for email!
Hardcore computer detonator
fully specced with everything, 3 30' monitors and snow leopard for the baddest hackintosh known to man
fully specced with everything, 3 30' monitors and snow leopard for the baddest hackintosh known to man
Fully spec'd with 6x 30" comes to just a tad over $26,000Hardcore computer detonator
fully specced with everything, 3 30' monitors and snow leopard for the baddest hackintosh known to man
That "thing" is hideous though, kinda like the Alienware desktops.
Fully spec'd with 6x 30" comes to just a tad over $26,000
indeed, still cheaper then a supercomputer,
oh and it would need a water rippler tied into the activity process, harder it works the more the water ripples, like an earthquake
indeed, still cheaper then a supercomputer,
oh and it would need a water rippler tied into the activity process, harder it works the more the water ripples, like an earthquake
It does not seem to do much a Mac Pro would not. I got a FirePro system at work recently, and am blown away by what it can chew through. Those and Teslas are making "supercomputing" a lot more affordable. It depends on what you want to do though.
Any standard desktop is not going to keep up with more specialized options, no matter what you throw in it. When you are really taxing computers, there are specific reasons why, so you often do not need the best of everything, and get more bang for the buck focusing on your bottlenecks.
Well all I have seen so far is 6 using two matrox Triplehead2go's but I would be happy with 3-30" er's.
They certainly were not 30"s on a Matrox. I had one and it choked on 1920*1200 23"s.