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   #56. Posted at 09:59 AM on Jun 2nd 2008 Edit   Reply
pani_alex
i have a cuestion, how does it get cooled if all the card are togeter?
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#56, You know, the fans spin and sort of move air. It tends to co...  :  Meadows  (#57)  «
#57, There is actually a fan and heatsink on a a 9800GX2! It i...  :  bfellow  (#58)  «

   #49. Posted at 01:42 PM on Jun 1st 2008 Edit   Reply
lucas1985
#14,
This is the cheap, self-built, "hacked" version of Tesla, much like modding a Geforce to Quadro in the past.
A Tesla box is many times more expensive than 4 9800 GX2 cards. You don't need to buy a Tesla box to get CUDA support.
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#49, Tell me how is it "hacked", even in quotes. I'm dying to hea...  :  Meadows  (#50)  «
#50, They have Overclocked the GPUs.  :  HighTech4US  (#55)  «

   #52. Posted at 01:08 AM on Jun 2nd 2008 Edit   Reply
lucas1985
#50,
I used the term "hacked" because they didn't buy the "Pro" versions of CUDA (Quadro VGAs or Tesla boxes). They bought consumer/mainstream VGAs and used them to build a custom "cluster" of GPUs. I put hacked between quotes because CUDA is officialy supported on certain consumer GPUs.
Does it make sense now? Did I carry the term hack too far away?
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#52, Yeah, I think it's a bit far. I mean, there's nothing naught...  :  Meadows  (#53)  «
#53, They have Overclocked the GPUs. That is slightly naughty.  :  HighTech4US  (#54)  «

   #2. Posted at 09:54 AM on May 30th 2008, Edited at 09:55 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Fighterpilot
Good to see them using my monitor :)
and yes...it probably will run Crysis at very high settings.
oops almost forgot...Flip Mode will probably be on point when he posts too.
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#2, Not really. It would perform like a single 9800 GX2. They ar...  :  Silus  (#3)  «
#3, That's not a crossfire motherboard since it is using a Ph...  :  d0g_p00p  (#42)  «
#42, Which means it's a Crossfire motherboard.  :  Meadows  (#43)  «
#43, I guess I am confused. Does nVidia not make a Pheno...  :  d0g_p00p  (#46)  «
#46, You're confused. AMD's high-end chipsets are mad...  :  Meadows  (#48)  «
#46, They make the nForce 780a chipset for AMD, but a...  :  continuum  (#51)  «
#2, The 226BW? I have that one too.  :  SpikeMeister  (#35)  «
#35, Actually I think its more likely the 206BW judging by its...  :  Fighterpilot  (#41)  «

   #22. Posted at 02:00 PM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
h22chen
Fascinating, adds fuel to the flames of war between Nvidia and Intel!
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#22, Indeed. It certainly makes NVIDIA's remarks on how a GPU is ...  :  Silus  (#28)  «
#28, apples and oranges comparison at best. GPUs are certainly ...  :  Krogoth  (#31)  «
#31, ah, but there's the thing: how many applications can y...  :  willyolio  (#36)  «
#36, Aah, but here's another thing - many apps simply do...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#40)  «
#40, but many computational tasks are heavily fp inte...  :  shank15217  (#44)  «
#28, Can I fire up Mozilla Firefox with JUST a GPU? Can I use ...  :  A_Pickle  (#37)  «
#37, You seem to have got wrong what NVIDIA said about CPUs...  :  Silus  (#38)  «
#37, It's probably only a matter of time before someone get...  :  BobbinThreadbare  (#47)  «

   #45. Posted at 07:48 PM on May 31st 2008 Edit   Reply
provoko
If that guy only had a pocket protector.
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   #10. Posted at 10:56 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
ecalmosthuman
Hahahahaha look how shitty the framerate was in Crysis on that thing!
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#10, Indeed, they don't know how to set crap. They can use a sing...  :  Meadows  (#16)  «
#16, Umm. It's a crossfire board. They can't enable SLI.  :  Usacomp2k3  (#21)  «
#21, I thought single-card stuff can do it without the "sec...  :  Meadows  (#29)  «
#29, A single GX2 works as it should on any motherboard....  :  Silus  (#30)  «
#30, I realized that, but then one would think two G9...  :  Meadows  (#39)  «

   #32. Posted at 06:17 PM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Steel
Only 4 cards? They need to think bigger.

http://www.chassis-plans.com/single-board-computer/S6806-backplane.htm
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#32, Except that board defeats the entire purpose of their projec...  :  Krogoth  (#34)  «

   #9. Posted at 10:55 AM on May 30th 2008, Edited at 11:01 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
Where the heck did they get a motherboard with 4 16x PCI-E slots?

Also, that cabling job is great. Neat cabling always excites me in ways it probably shouldn't.

http://fastra.ua.ac.be/images/pic_internal.jpg

Seriously, that's erotic.
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#9, http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=...  :  Usacomp2k3  (#12)  «
#12, Weird I didn't even know they made those; looks like it's...  :  Spotpuff  (#13)  «
#9, And the REAL news is...somebody found a use for a 1500W powe...  :  ludi  (#26)  «
#26, Wonder if it's 80+ certified...  :  Spotpuff  (#33)  «

   #14. Posted at 11:03 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Stijn
DV Hardware reports Belgians build supercomputer with 4 Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 cards
Never thought I'd see my small country mentioned at TR :).
However, I thought something like this has already been done with nVidia Tesla GPU's?
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#14, So you guys are good for something other than chocolate.  :  dmitriylm  (#17)  «
#17, and beer.....how could you forget that? Not to mention wa...  :  crazybus  (#18)  «
#17, dont forget its also the home of Spa-Francorchamps and th...  :  firestorm02  (#19)  «
#14, Dude I went to your country. It f*cking RULED HARD. Best bee...  :  Fragnificent  (#20)  «
#14, Well, when someone in any country does something like this, ...  :  Silus  (#27)  «

   #11. Posted at 10:57 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
shank15217
windows xp 64, AMD processor and motherboard.. who would have thought right??
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#11, No who would thought 4 9800GX2's on an ATI CrossfireX board ...  :  bfellow  (#25)  «

   #24. Posted at 02:11 PM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
maybe ASTRA's software needs software reprogramming so it can be multi threaded optimized making it less GPU hungry =)
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   #8. Posted at 10:43 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
bdwilcox
That guy is a walking Dilbert character.
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#8, lol exactly my thoughts  :  aleckermit  (#23)  «

   #15. Posted at 11:23 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
zimpdagreene
Nice! I sure could use a app for video encoding .
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   #6. Posted at 10:34 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Voldenuit
Awesomely cool stuff. Props to Cyril for finding the link.
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#6, T'was in the shortbread.  :  Meadows  (#7)  «

   #5. Posted at 10:17 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
titan
That video was actually kind of funny. My girlfriend said that the host needs to go on Beauty and the Geek.

It's very awesome that they got such an inexpensive hardware to outperform a larger and more expensive setup. Doctors will be able to see what's going on in our bodies Firefly style.
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   #4. Posted at 10:11 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
What do you think CT scan stands for? Computed Tomography.
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   #1. Posted at 09:42 AM on May 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Dposcorp
Very cool. Thanks.
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