Ha, and you thought paying hundreds of dollars for a NIC was insane. For one reason or another (likely "another"), AtlasFolder has loaded in 23 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards into a single server rig, and while only 17 were installed at the time of this video (he's waiting for a few nuts and bolts before installing the others), we're already amazed. Call us crazy, but something such is this definitely isn't what NVIDIA had in mind when it revived SLI. Per usual, the vid's past the break.
[Thanks, P]
Update: Turns out this is a GPU Folding Farm at Stanford. Impressive.
E-peen. No other reason for posting that video. He might as well have shown his face on the video, putting his fingers in a taunting manner next to his ears while sticking out his tongue.
I can think of better ways to spend $15k which is probably about what was spent on everything.
CUDA apps. Rendering. Etc. There are a multitude of uses for something like this...But if you want something like this to play video games, you're a fucking idiot.
What he has there is essentially a $15,000 super computer.
It IS running Folding@Home! This is NOT a gaming rig! The video attached is not the same as the original. If you follow the link above it takes you to their blog and has their folding score to the right. The person that made the video above just added them playing Crysis to the end of it. Everything after the stack of video card boxes is fake.
That's not one system. That's called a cluster, it's a couple separate computers linked together using software. There really isn't any software to run a direct3d game across multiple computers. there is for opengl, though.
So it just looks like 4 separate computers with 4 cards each and the 5th with a single card. I'm assuming he just loaded CentOS on them and made a large cluster, but then how do you utilize that to play a game like Crysis anyway?
This is AtlasFolder 's rig. So...unless he's that dude, then, engadget, you just attributed a rig to someone it doesn't belong to. Check out his Extreme Overclocking Stats...he gets something like 270K ppd on the team Hunt-Dis. Just posted this very video on his website on the 5th, and someone has already ripped it off.
He stole video of someone's Folding@Home rig, and editing it to look like his. It's not even a single PC guys, it's quite obviously multiple motherboards, a Cluster.
Why don't people read all the comments before posting ? If they did it would reduce the number of morons that post on here and we'd have more useful discussions. Then again the comment system on here is more like a shoutbox than a forum so maybe people aren't looking to intelligently discuss the posts on Engadget.
Oh yeah I almost forgot, this is the Internet and we have to put up with the lowest common denominator.
Randall Hand is correct, this is a complete hoax. bygamer has stolen the video and other pictures from the members of EVGA's forums. Here is the link to the thread discussing this matter: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=100579995&mpage=1&key=
Wow he built a gaming rig that won't need to be upgraded till shortly after the upcoming depression. A depression proof gaming rig.. he could sell it and make hundreds.. from the one person with enough money to actually afford it :P
Shame on Engadget for feeding this troll. His Youtube channel is nothing but stolen pictures from countless sources. This is a Folding@Home farm owned by Atlas Folder, not this ForGamerByGamer troll. Every single video ForGamerByGamer has done is fake. Engadget can't even get the corrections to this article right let alone have the balls to retract the story as 100% fiction. Darren Murph should be ashamed of himself for letting this story go on like this without full disclosure. The true story is someone spent close to $20,000 to help fight disease and a trolls mocks that work by claiming it is theirs and saying it's a gaming machine. The EVGA forum community is actively trying to dismantle ForGamerByGamer's Youtube channel by takedown notices because of all the content he has stolen, yet you publish it as though it's creditable...shame on you.
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posted April 7th 2009 10:19AM
Solitaire will never be the same
Minesweep ftw. Hearts 2009
A ridiculous rig deserves a ridiculous name. I would call it the "FTW X23 WTF1337PWN"
He just made crysis his bitch!
John Romero's about to make you HIS bitch.
I'd actually be okay with that. Heck, I'd even catch if he threw in a porshe or something. :)
But can it run...
Aero glass? Oh, I had you fooled- admit it.
Certainly fooled me into believing for a moment that it would be a post worth reading. Imagine my surprise!
I did laugh out loud, thanks, I needed that. :)
E-peen. No other reason for posting that video. He might as well have shown his face on the video, putting his fingers in a taunting manner next to his ears while sticking out his tongue.
I can think of better ways to spend $15k which is probably about what was spent on everything.
CUDA apps. Rendering. Etc. There are a multitude of uses for something like this...But if you want something like this to play video games, you're a fucking idiot.
What he has there is essentially a $15,000 super computer.
Considering the markup on consumer cards that can play video games, however, the Tesla http://www.nvidia.com/object/personal_supercomputing.html is a much better idea (and deal).
You're nuts. Those Tesla units are WAY more expensive.
Instead of Crysis, I'd like to see it run Folding@Home or something like that.
It IS running Folding@Home! This is NOT a gaming rig! The video attached is not the same as the original. If you follow the link above it takes you to their blog and has their folding score to the right. The person that made the video above just added them playing Crysis to the end of it. Everything after the stack of video card boxes is fake.
http://atlasfolding.com/
Crysis is a breeze... the real question is can it play Fallout3 without crashing?
So, this guy happens to have 23 GTX 295s but he only uses two in his home computer...?
imagine this paired with the samsung ssd raid that was here a few weeks ago...
It may play Crysis, but...
Will it blend?
THAT ISS IN SANNEEEEEEEEE oh what i would do to get a computer like that
this music takes me back to my disco-janitoring days
That's not one system. That's called a cluster, it's a couple separate computers linked together using software. There really isn't any software to run a direct3d game across multiple computers. there is for opengl, though.
So it just looks like 4 separate computers with 4 cards each and the 5th with a single card. I'm assuming he just loaded CentOS on them and made a large cluster, but then how do you utilize that to play a game like Crysis anyway?
how about naming it FuckMe
But can it play Solitaire and Minesweeper simultaneously!!!
This is AtlasFolder 's rig. So...unless he's that dude, then, engadget, you just attributed a rig to someone it doesn't belong to. Check out his Extreme Overclocking Stats...he gets something like 270K ppd on the team Hunt-Dis. Just posted this very video on his website on the 5th, and someone has already ripped it off.
It's a Hoax.
He stole video of someone's Folding@Home rig, and editing it to look like his. It's not even a single PC guys, it's quite obviously multiple motherboards, a Cluster.
Details & links on Vizworld: http://www.vizworld.com/2009/04/23-geforce-295-gtxs-in-a-single-pc/
Credit was wrongfully given by Engadget. This farm rightfully belongs to AtlasFolder as a Folding@Home rig.
Proof: http://atlasfolding.com/
Is ANYONE reading Randall Hand's post?!? This is a hoax! The video is stolen footage from a real f@h project that you can search in the evga forums
holy hell...how do you cool that?
It's a hoax.
http://www.vizworld.com/2009/04/23-geforce-295-gtxs-in-a-single-pc/
Why don't people read all the comments before posting ? If they did it would reduce the number of morons that post on here and we'd have more useful discussions. Then again the comment system on here is more like a shoutbox than a forum so maybe people aren't looking to intelligently discuss the posts on Engadget.
Oh yeah I almost forgot, this is the Internet and we have to put up with the lowest common denominator.
Engadget, I suggest you update this post with the correct information.
Finally...a PC that's actually Vista-Ready!
And the best part of it all?
You can't SLi all of them.
Can CUDA capable apps be used across a network? (i.e all of these rendering to one computer)
Randall Hand is correct, this is a complete hoax. bygamer has stolen the video and other pictures from the members of EVGA's forums.
Here is the link to the thread discussing this matter: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=100579995&mpage=1&key=
Wow he built a gaming rig that won't need to be upgraded till shortly after the upcoming depression. A depression proof gaming rig.. he could sell it and make hundreds.. from the one person with enough money to actually afford it :P
It should be able to play Crysis at Medium low settings now. :P
all that money and no brain... what a tool!
what a waste!
he should've give those extra GTX295 to the needy ones then that would be awesome!
this makes me wonder if the benefits of folding actually outweigh the environmental costs of such a ridiculously power-hungry setup
ENGADGET PLEASE READ! ByGamerForGamer is not the real user! ,hes just a kid that steals video from ATLAS FOLDER! BE WARNED!
Please do yourselves a favor and read this article.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/foldinghome_user_crams_23_geforce_gtx_295_videocards_a_single_server
Yes it is a folding@home rig. The creator joined the folding@home effort for a very specific reason and yes that video was stolen.
Sloppy work by engadget.
Shame on Engadget for feeding this troll. His Youtube channel is nothing but stolen pictures from countless sources. This is a Folding@Home farm owned by Atlas Folder, not this ForGamerByGamer troll. Every single video ForGamerByGamer has done is fake. Engadget can't even get the corrections to this article right let alone have the balls to retract the story as 100% fiction. Darren Murph should be ashamed of himself for letting this story go on like this without full disclosure. The true story is someone spent close to $20,000 to help fight disease and a trolls mocks that work by claiming it is theirs and saying it's a gaming machine. The EVGA forum community is actively trying to dismantle ForGamerByGamer's Youtube channel by takedown notices because of all the content he has stolen, yet you publish it as though it's creditable...shame on you.
B_Hawthorne
EVGA Community Forum Moderator
I just want to clarify and give credit where it is due:
This hardware is not owned by GamerForGamer, but by Atlas. The owner of all that hardware.
Yeah MaximumPC corrected their article
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/foldinghome_user_crams_23_geforce_gtx_295_videocards_a_single_server#comments
This clown is a joke. That setup is from a folder named Atlas.
http://atlasfolding.com/?p=385
I am still waiting for delivery of my XFX GTX260 Black Edition.
Once I get it installed it in my rig, I will be ready to take this guy heads on.