for the folders here.... Bit-tech has a go at making a folding super computer

otispunkmeyer · August 3rd, 2009, 5:04 PM

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2009/08...-folding-rig/1

good little experiment

they started with a machine holding 7, yes 7 9600GT's an then moved onto a quad core machine powering 4 Nvidia Geforce GTX 295's (these are dual GPU)

end result was a very loud machine that gives up 55,000 ppd... need a good solid 1kW PSU for this though

Vette Boss · August 4th, 2009, 9:49 PM

I can't begin to imagine the noise of that many videocards in one machine. The HD4870 I have is already loud enough with the fan at 37%, which it needs to keep from overheating.

Kudos to anyone who can stand the noise, though.

thevictor390 · August 4th, 2009, 9:53 PM

Too bad that's not really useful for anything but folding... unless you have 8 monitors or something.

Video cards are becoming their own mini computers. At some point something is going to change fundamentally.

And I have a 4890 but it's not particularly noisy...

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thevictor390 Joined: Mar 9th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Massachusetts Age: 19 Posts: 1,999 Car: 2006 RX-8 Rep Power: 65	Too bad that's not really useful for anything but folding... unless you have 8 monitors or something. Video cards are becoming their own mini computers. At some point something is going to change fundamentally. And I have a 4890 but it's not particularly noisy...

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