University of Antwerp makes 4000EUR NVIDIA supercomputer

2008-05-30 10:23:51

#1

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6658|New York

http://www.dvhardware.net/article27538.html

Researchers at the University of Antwerp in Belgium have created a new supercomputer with standard gaming hardware. The system uses four NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics cards, it costs less than 4000EUR to build and thanks to NVIDIA's CUDA technology it delivers roughly the same performance as a supercomputer cluster consisting of hundreds of PCs!

GPU's can be kinda amazing if you put your mind to it.

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2008-05-30 10:27:12

#2

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6845|London

Read: bunch of students who want a beastly gaming pc but want their university to fund it as a 'research project'

4x 9800gx2 = rolfskilled though

2008-05-30 10:27:58

#3

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

4000€ ain't much for a supercomputer. Well done.

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2008-05-30 10:34:42

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

I love their cable management.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-30 10:45:08

#5

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6817

Get some water blocks quick

2008-05-30 10:48:00

#6

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6800|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

OH SHI-

*dies

2008-05-30 11:00:11

#7

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

lol owned supercomputers.

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2008-05-30 11:30:10

#8

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6733|cuntshitlake

It is happening. nVIDIA is taking over the market :S

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2008-05-30 11:37:04

#9

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6808|Long Island, New York

Octo-SLi

That line of GX2's looks like a fucking brick.

2008-05-30 11:47:20

#10

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6658|New York

Poseidon wrote:
Octo-SLi

That line of GX2's looks like a fucking brick.

Kinda, they actually used nVidia's CUDA technology, where they linked directly to the cpu. None of the video cards are connected.

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2008-05-30 11:49:16

#11

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6817

SuperPi benchies on CUDA graphic cards.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho … p?t=189034

2008-05-30 11:50:53

#12

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6897|UK

I wonder what the 3DMark score is.

2008-05-30 11:53:26

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder what the 3DMark score is.

You achieved an unknown score 3D mark can't measure. Please download the newest updates from http://www.futuremark.com/ to fix your problem.

2008-05-30 11:54:47

#14

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

liquidat0r wrote:
I wonder what the 3DMark score is.

none because there is no real drivers for over 4 GPU systems. only for hardcore calculation like CUDA.

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2008-05-30 14:18:50

#15

The#1Spot: Member; +105|6810|byah

What micro motherboard company makes that 4 gpu slot .

2008-05-30 14:29:01

#16

The_Lance_117: CANADA STRONG; +110|6207|CANADA

Crysis might be able to run on it... if they get lucky.

2008-05-30 14:31:19

#17

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

The_Lance_117 wrote:
Crysis might be able to run on it... if they get lucky.

ehh... no...

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2008-05-30 14:33:41

#18

CrazeD: Member; +368|6943|Maine

They have to run the system with the left side panel removed as the graphics cards would otherwise overheat but they're looking for a solution for their heat problem.

Eh..this just makes the fans useless...

2008-05-30 14:35:03

#19

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

CrazeD wrote:
They have to run the system with the left side panel removed as the graphics cards would otherwise overheat but they're looking for a solution for their heat problem.
Eh..this just makes the fans useless...

it does drop gfx card temps if they are overheating tho

everything else will run hotter then.

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2008-05-30 14:38:08

#20

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6940|The Netherlands

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
They have to run the system with the left side panel removed as the graphics cards would otherwise overheat but they're looking for a solution for their heat problem.
Eh..this just makes the fans useless...
it does drop gfx card temps if they are overheating tho

everything else will run hotter then.

I suppose there aren't any watercooling blocks available for it.
Maybe they should use non conductive oil

2008-05-30 14:39:09

#21

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

Nessie09 wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
CrazeD wrote:

Eh..this just makes the fans useless...
it does drop gfx card temps if they are overheating tho

everything else will run hotter then.
I suppose there aren't any watercooling blocks available for it.
Maybe they should use non conductive oil

then they would need a compressor to cool the oil. Imagine how nice setup that would be...

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2008-05-30 14:43:37

#22

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7113|Alberta, Canada

I wish our computers at school were that good. We're running on P3 with 32 megs of RAM.

2008-05-30 14:48:55

#23

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6819|UK

Octo SLI anyone? Lol, fantastic.

Martyn

2008-05-30 14:56:06

#24

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6598

HI, MA NAME IS BLOUZ BLATTERMR.

LOL man that guys has played enough D&D and WoW I'm sure

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2008-05-30 15:08:49

#25

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

Im_Dooomed wrote:

HI, MA NAME IS BLOUZ BLATTERMR.

LOL man that guys has played enough D&D and WoW I'm sure

Isn't that DonFck's graphics card that he's holding up in the middle?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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