Overkill much? *must see*

[Iliketobenaked]

Mobo $609.99

CPU 2x $1,548.99 each that means 8 cores



Obviously this is only for people with too much money or very good credit.
Does anybody know anybody that has this? maybe even put together with 3x of these suckers?


I would like to see Benchmarks with this setup lol

 

[Blackthorn]

Stuff like this is for highly intensive professional use, such as the also massively expensive nVidia Quadro graphics cards. These are not meant for consumers. Unless of course your a total wasteful ass.

 

[Saturos]

Stuff like this is for highly intensive professional use, such as the also massively expensive nVidia Quadro graphics cards. These are not meant for consumers. Unless of course your a total wasteful ass.

Agreed. Mainly hardware for high-end workstations and such. Doesn't mean you'll get superior FPS on your games with this stuff though just because it's expensive and has 8x cores. This sort of hardware usually requires special machine-level programming the likes of which most average DIY PC consumers cannot muster, (whether they are wealthy or not) since drivers are usually aimed towards the developer crowds and enterprise level configuring.

 

[Asus]

Back in 2002 I think I was eying dual CPUs as an upgrade (motherboard with 2 sockets and two single core CPUs) and happened to see some listings of 4 socket boards. They were of course expensive and for professional use. But it would be interesting to see 2 4core CPUs get pushed to their limit.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Play multiple games at once in windowed mode! Though you'd probably only be able to control one.

 

[Iliketobenaked]

encode a videp or two an dplay Cysis at max. settings.

 

[Eejit]

Seems like it'd mainly be for supercomputer type processing. Like some scientific analysis.

 

[TCfromBN]

Hardware like that is mainly for workstations doing 3d design (autocad?) and media (hd video) rendering.

 

[giant384]

folding@home pc

i would use it for video editing, especially HD

 

[Asus]

Video rendering or encoding would probably use a number of those CPUs (not talking about generic video editing/dvd apps aimed at the home user).

 

[Iliketobenaked]

I mean its for games too...why would thye call it skulltrail?

 

[Blackthorn]

To sell it to idiot hardcore nerds who like to throw money away.

 

[Saturos]

To sell it to idiot hardcore nerds who like to throw money away.

^This.

Just because it's says something quirky on the box/label that may lead naive PC gamers to believe it's gaming hardware doesn't mean that it is.
Take the campany name, "BFG" for instance.
Clever marketing, "to reach a larger audience" at it's finest. Nothing more.

On this note, it's better to do the research on the specs, drivers, and manufacturer/vendor reviews than to just simply go by a quirky label that, "might mean it's good gaming hardware".

Also, outrageous specs aren't everything either. Like I said earlier, if the driver support for certain tasks such as gaming isn't there, then those quad-core 2000MHz cards with 2GBs of VRAM means nothing for gaming whatsoever or whatever else it is you want your video cards/motherboard to do.

It's up to the application developers and the mb BIOS version on the other hand to determine whether or not certain applications support quad-core x2 technology or not as there's no such thing as CPU drivers.

IIRC, as of today, there are few applications that yet support even single quad-core technology. Much less quad-core x2.

 

[function9]

Yep, just like AMD's 4x4 was supposed to be the ultimate gaming/"megatasking" platform, that went far.

Ah, I miss the days when you could take regular PIII cpus and pop them into a dual socket board. Since the p4 era, you need special cpus.

In terms of raw cpu power, a four core cpu will equal a two core, dual cpu setup. What you gain with a multisocket board is functionality of the board itself.

IIRC, as of today, there are few applications that yet support even single quad-core technology. Much less quad-core x2.

At the consumer level, no there's not many. But look at professional software and there are many and have been for years.

 

[Krynn72]

Once I get a job I plan on getting a dual quadcore quad sli system

 

[Pesmerga]

You must be planning on getting a pretty high paying job.

 

[Krynn72]

The highest.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

He's planning on getting the highest.
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[Barney Fife]

He's planning on getting the highest.
http://ammahls.com/random/Marijuana.jpg

 

[Saturos]

Once I get a job I plan on getting a dual quadcore quad sli system

Good luck! :thumbs:

Personally, I think those dual quad-core, quad sli systems are just temporary solutions for those who really want speed (and has money) until the base architecture/design improves.

Give it five more years. By then, the latest single quad/single card setup will probably outperform a dual-quad/quad sli of today.

Not to mention, without proper cooling and circulation, a quad sli system won't see much improvement anyways as heat and poor circulation would hinder the setup.
You'd probably would have to go for a full-size tower fs, and lots of fans or liquid cooling, even if your not into overclocking.
This is given of course if you can even find the right drivers and applications that support quad sli, as many games don't even support quad sli. Unless your a super nerd and can code your own patches...well, good luck!

 

[Krynn72]

In five years we'll have a lot more processor cores than 4. Intel already has a working 80 core processor prototype.

 

[Saturos]

In five years we'll have a lot more processor cores than 4. Intel already has a working 80 core processor prototype.

Really now?

See? That's just my point. Buying for a dual quad/quad sli setup now would be a waste of money.

A quad 80 core processor anyone? *Sheesh*, with that, you could probably code an entire living-breathing artificial world like the matrix.

Plus, think about how much cheaper storage per Gigabyte would be by then. They'd probably would have like 500 Petabyte HDs available for consumer purchase by 2015 or so. Flash storage of course. Today's clunky HD technology wouldn't cut it. Flash is the storage of tomorrow.
Problem is though, the new matrix would have to be self-evolving. Programmers and designers just can't code fast enough.

 

[Pesmerga]

>flash is the storage of tomorrow

 

[Saturos]

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