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xpyrofuryx   06-28-2007 at 05:43:12 AM

Motherboard: TYAN Quad Socket AM2 (940) nVidia nForce Professional 2200
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/13-151-008-02.jpg

CPU: 4x AMD Opteron 890 @ 2.8Ghz AM2 (940)
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/19-105-085-01.jpg

RAM: 32GB (16x2GB) Patriot eXtreme Performance DDR2 800mhz (5-5-5-12)
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/20-220-228-02.jpg

Graphics Card: 2x SLI XFX nVidia GeForce 8800Ultra 768mb
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/14-150-237-02.jpg

Hard Drive Set 1: 600GB (4x150GB) Western Digital Raptor X SATA150 10,000 rpm
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-136-011-03.jpg

Hard Drive Set 2: 3,000GB (4x750GB) Seagate Barracuda IDE Ultra 7,200 rpm
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-148-216-01.jpg

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turpit   06-28-2007 at 06:00:31 AM
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How many Teraflops would this rig output?



Prolly 1/8th of the watts required to run it.

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xpyrofuryx   06-28-2007 at 06:03:46 AM
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Hmm, think a ThermalTake Tough Power 1,200watt PSU could take it?

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eregular   06-28-2007 at 06:13:25 AM
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don't post this unless you have thousands just lying around and somehow are going to start a business selling teraflops PLEASE!

and you'd be dumb to do that with the barcelona launch on the horizon

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Heyyou27   06-28-2007 at 06:35:22 AM
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Motherboard: TYAN Quad Socket AM2 (940) nVidia nForce Professional 2200
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/13-151-008-02.jpg

CPU: 4x AMD Opteron 890 @ 2.8Ghz AM2 (940)
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/19-105-085-01.jpg

RAM: 32GB (16x2GB) Patriot eXtreme Performance DDR2 800mhz (5-5-5-12)
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/20-220-228-02.jpg

Graphics Card: 2x SLI XFX nVidia GeForce 8800Ultra 768mb
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/14-150-237-02.jpg

Hard Drive Set 1: 600GB (4x150GB) Western Digital Raptor X SATA150 10,000 rpm
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-136-011-03.jpg

Hard Drive Set 2: 3,000GB (4x750GB) Seagate Barracuda IDE Ultra 7,200 rpm
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-148-216-01.jpg


That's a socket 940 board, not AM2; it uses registered DDR, only one of the PCIe slots is 16x, the other is 4x, and it wouldn't even support SLI anyways. Even if configured properly, that system wouldn't be able to provide 1 Teraflop of accessible computing power.

That motherboard alone costs $1,587.99 on newegg, while each Opteron 890 costs $1,509.00 and the system would still get handled by a overclocked QX6700.

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enewmen   06-28-2007 at 07:55:06 AM
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If this is ever made. I guess much less than 1TF
If (and a BIG IF) you can use the GPU to crunch plain numbers, then you will be closer to 1TB. But that will require some very specialized custom software.
This kind of supercomputing in a PC will be more common in 4-5+ years.
Until then, the GPU power is mostly for physics (someone sometime will get it right)

BTW, what you describe must require a huge-ass case.

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enewmen   06-28-2007 at 07:57:27 AM
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I guess xpyrofuryx is dreaming. Safe enough.

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SEALBoy   06-28-2007 at 08:29:49 AM
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Hmm, think a ThermalTake Tough Power 1,200watt PSU could take it?



Probably not.

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Techfan   06-28-2007 at 11:44:35 AM
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The computing power for such system should be 4x2.8GHz opterons = 4x ~30Gflops each= 120Gflops, 2x8800GTX Ultra = 2x550Gflops each = 1.1Tflop. The only way to use that is only in games. However, most games support no more than Dual core CPUs.

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cbhm   06-28-2007 at 03:29:08 PM
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how would 32gb ram and two 2.66 quad core clovertowns do on a dual xeon board?

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 04:24:47 PM
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A lot. Enough do to whatever you want to do. Except I think that that motherboard won't be compatible with those Opterons. And Barcelona will be out soon.

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NMDante   06-28-2007 at 05:22:46 PM
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easy answer -
42

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 06:03:13 PM
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I'd say about .65TFLOPS or so. If you use GPGPU code, you will get at least 1 TFLOP. If you really want it for speed, I'd say get two Opterons and two ClearSpeed coProcs. That should get you above a TFLOP.

Then you can swap the dual cores out for Barcelona later this year.

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belvdr   06-28-2007 at 06:32:01 PM
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What a rubbish thread.



Agreed.

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I wish JJ would come back :(



What a rubbish statement. If you're that attached, go where he is.

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CompTIA_Rep   06-28-2007 at 06:34:16 PM
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Why when each new Intel CPU gets 1.2Tflps per gallon?

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djgandy   06-28-2007 at 06:35:07 PM
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I don't know where he went. There is nothing informative in this forum anymore. Just baron fud and AMD vs Intel rubbish.

It's not just JJ, a lot of people dissapeared with him.

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OldGoat   06-28-2007 at 06:51:54 PM
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Since the only way to find the actual flops a computer is capable of, :idea: why don't you build the rig and let us know the outcome..... :wink:

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 06:55:47 PM
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Quote :

easy answer -
42



Errrr...not being nasty, slightly intrigued, HOW can you say that?

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 06:57:43 PM
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n00bie here

Who's JJ?

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Dan1317   06-28-2007 at 07:03:33 PM
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Quote :

easy answer -
42



Errrr...not being nasty, slightly intrigued, HOW can you say that?

its an allusion

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 07:06:37 PM
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So he was being stupid???

Good, I felt real stupid for a minute there!!

Dell latest XPS710 H2C has about 6 gigaflops in total (just graphics i think)

PS3 has about 3 teraflops I think....

So I'm agreeing with a guy before me who said about 1, maybe a bit less.

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 07:07:24 PM
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Might be 3.3teraflops though?! Not sure...Cell BBE is powerful stuff

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 07:09:15 PM
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I don't know where he went. There is nothing informative in this forum anymore. Just baron fud and AMD vs Intel rubbish.

It's not just JJ, a lot of people dissapeared with him.




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Message edited by Jake_Barnes on 08-15-2007 at 03:23:49 PM
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NMDante   06-28-2007 at 07:09:47 PM
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Quote :

easy answer -
42



Errrr...not being nasty, slightly intrigued, HOW can you say that?

It's a joke. Taken from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's the answer to "The Ultimate Question".

As for who is JJ, well, he was a poster that use to frequent this place.

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 07:10:51 PM
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Ahhhhhhhhhh ok. I posted my rather anticipationious question as you posted your answer. Thanks for the answers :D

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 07:10:59 PM
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I don't know where he went. There is nothing informative in this forum anymore. Just baron fud and AMD vs Intel rubbish.

It's not just JJ, a lot of people dissapeared with him.




They went to ****

F off and join them. I promise I won't miss you.

Want to hear funny? Tom's blocks the name of the site they went to. It looks like a lot less name calling since they all left so good riddance.

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CompTIA_Rep   06-28-2007 at 07:33:28 PM
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And here at Tom's, we aim to keep it that way.
These forums can do without the social "my spacers" causing "drama".



Anyway,
Agreed, the only good way to find out is build it! So build it! Now! Thats an order! Now I said! .... Now!....

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turpit   06-28-2007 at 07:36:58 PM
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I don't know where he went. There is nothing informative in this forum anymore. Just baron fud and AMD vs Intel rubbish.

It's not just JJ, a lot of people dissapeared with him.




They went to ****

F off and join them. I promise I won't miss you.

Want to hear funny? Tom's blocks the name of the site they went to. It looks like a lot less name calling since they all left so good riddance.

Oh, Id say rudeness persists. As evidensed by this:

Quote :

They went to ****

F off and join them. I promise I won't miss you.

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CompTIA_Rep   06-28-2007 at 08:09:12 PM
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You guys need to stop before this thread gets locked. Go into the "other"second if you need to work something out.



I hearby request you both contribute something relevant to the thread right now.

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Heyyou27   06-28-2007 at 08:15:11 PM
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Might be 3.3teraflops though?! Not sure...Cell BBE is powerful stuff

The Cell's peak theoretical performance was around 1Tflop when clocked at 4GHz, but as I recall that was purely add instuctions, and no real code would consist of this; in real world situations, the cell would be a fraction of a teraflop, but that doesn't mean it's a slow chip by any means; Sony just used the teraflop number to get fanboys excited.

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 08:32:15 PM
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Message edited by Jake_Barnes on 08-15-2007 at 03:29:17 PM
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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 08:36:02 PM
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You guys need to stop before this thread gets locked. Go into the "other"second if you need to work something out.



I hearby request you both contribute something relevant to the thread right now.



Hey, as I said the ClearSpeed coProcs are burning up the TFLOPS and they are abotu the same price as Opteron 890. Maybe a little more. Also, the FireStream GPGPU from AMD gets 1 TFLOP is XFire mode with 2 Opterons.
ClearSpeed is a major player in HPC.

I guess that will be FUD too. That's what happened. The thread was progressing fine until one of Jack's seemingly spurned lovers came out.

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belvdr   06-28-2007 at 08:47:29 PM
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Can you read? I said Tom's blocks the site they went to. That's what the asterisks mean.

So you know it's gone
They're waiting with baited breath.



Dude, I think he meant the "F off" part was rude, and I agree that's a bit uncalled for, especially since the masses have parted ways.

Let's all chill and enjoy the threads.

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belvdr   06-28-2007 at 08:58:17 PM
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links?



He just wrote it above. :?

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turpit   06-28-2007 at 08:59:32 PM
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You guys need to stop before this thread gets locked. Go into the "other"second if you need to work something out.



I hearby request you both contribute something relevant to the thread right now.



Are you talking to me?

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djgandy   06-28-2007 at 09:00:15 PM
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links?



He just wrote it above. :?

I want links to these add in cards.

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jonisginger   06-28-2007 at 09:49:44 PM
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Ah, well if they Cell outputs Max 1TF that this rig should put out more than a gigaflop or two hahaha.

On a serious note, is there any way to roughly calculate it?

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 09:51:28 PM
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links?



He just wrote it above. :?

I want links to these add in cards.

Linkage!

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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 09:53:53 PM
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Message edited by Jake_Barnes on 08-15-2007 at 03:30:45 PM
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BaronMatrix   06-28-2007 at 09:56:10 PM
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links?



Also, these are supposed to port to Socket G when Barcelona brings native support for them so you will be able to get them as chips or cards.

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belvdr   06-28-2007 at 11:24:05 PM
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links?



He just wrote it above. :?

I want links to these add in cards.

Oh I see.. :) Need more sleep

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belvdr   06-28-2007 at 11:27:38 PM
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He said and I quote "baron's fud." That wasn't called for in a thread about a system setup. I will never take that from anyone. I am probably the most prolific poster here. He could have said nothing about me.



Agreed, but your reply above was to turpit, not djgandy who mentioned "baron's fud", that's why I said he (turpit) was most likely referring to the "F off" statement. As for prolific, why would anyone be concerned about that on a free forum? Even still, that's a bit arrogant, no? ;)

Quote :

I don't know where he went. There is nothing informative in this forum anymore. Just baron fud and AMD vs Intel rubbish.

It's not just JJ, a lot of people dissapeared with him.




They went to ****

F off and join them. I promise I won't miss you.

Want to hear funny? Tom's blocks the name of the site they went to. It looks like a lot less name calling since they all left so good riddance.

Oh, Id say rudeness persists. As evidensed by this:

Quote :

They went to ****

F off and join them. I promise I won't miss you.




Can you read? I said Tom's blocks the site they went to. That's what the asterisks mean.

So you know it's gone.

They're waiting with baited breath.

Remember, it takes a bigger and better person to walk away from childish insults. People can say you spread FUD, but in the end, is it really a life altering event?

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djgandy   06-28-2007 at 11:36:09 PM
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Hey, as I said the ClearSpeed coProcs are burning up the TFLOPS and they are abotu the same price as Opteron 890.



They are 65 GFLOPS :S

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Ches111   06-29-2007 at 09:13:05 AM
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So Turpit you got the Mod slot!

Congrats...

And Baron thanks for your quality contributions.. Maybe you should be a mod you know, telling people to leave and all.. That should keep the site around quite a while.

To the OP... If you are looking for TFlops there are other third party offerings that are built specifically for speed.

Could you please explain what you would be doing with the above config? That way we might be able to recommend a possibly pre-canned and warranted platform.

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InteliotInside   06-29-2007 at 02:12:29 PM
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Probably around 0.6 TeraFLOPS, which is 600 GigaFLOPS.

But that's with NVIDIA's CUDA paltform.

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turpit   06-29-2007 at 04:26:51 PM
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I'm pretty appalled that you would talk to people like this. This is probably one of the reason they went over to ... Nobody wants to be talked to like that. To be quite frank with you. I'm VERY surprised that you get away with being a moderator with this type of attitude. I guess Tom doesn't have an annual review huh?

Good Luck BaronMatrix. If I was your parent I would have defiantly beat you more than they did.



Hes not a moderator, and honestly, I find your comment as rude as his was.

As Comptia pointed out however, that is not the topic of this thread, so lets all stop derailing it.

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Crashman   06-29-2007 at 07:50:43 PM
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easy answer -
42



You're right, but he hasn't asked the right question yet. To formulate the question we will need to create a giant analog computer.

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einheriar   06-29-2007 at 08:34:03 PM
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JJ is Jessy Jane.. from the Jane gang

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