23 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295s packed into one system

[dualmeister]

Sweet GPU Folding Farm

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/video-23-nvidia-geforce-gtx-295s-packed-into-one-system-over/

 

[Nokkie]

and which server bords supports this functionallity?

 

[Goobie]

so what is a folding farm?

 

[ponder]

and which server bords supports this functionallity?

None. You have to cluster several motherboards together. This is an easy way of building a supercomputer for Eng/Sci/Math applications or rendering stuff.
They even cluster PS3s together and the performance is amazing to say the least.
http://gravity.phy.umassd.edu/ps3.html
http://www.ps3cluster.umassd.edu/

 

[ponder]

so what is a folding farm?

Basically a bunch of computers participating in scientific research. The 'farm' being a 'server farm' which is basically a bunch of PCs you own.
http://folding.stanford.edu/

You might want to contribute to the project as it is for a very good cause.

 

[Ghost02]

So at what res can this thing play crysis at max?

 

[ponder]

So at what res can this thing play crysis at max?

It does not work like that. If you played crysis it would just end up using one card. Forget about desktop applications/games as this is not what this setup is configured to do. It will not run crysis any faster than a single MB with a GTX295.

Essentially what happens is all computations are offloaded to the GPUs (GTX295s) as they are much faster than normal CPUs at performing these types of calculations.

You can find more information on this specific server farm here, http://atlasfolding.com/

 

[FuNkEr]

Sheesh, I can't even keep up with the pace now, how will we keep up with all the new develpmenst in the future!? This is cool stuff!