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Turn Your New Opteron Into A One-Game Console

Posted by timothy on from the as-if-you-have-an-opteron dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new 64-bit Linux CD can instantly turn an AMD Opteron-equipped PC into the ultimate gaming console, according to Super Computer Inc. (SCI). The company has created a distribution of the popular America's Army multi-player strategy game on a bootable Linux CD, that it says was developed in partnership with AMD, nVidia, and the US Army."

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  1. The future of gaming by Kref1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    An even better idea that I have would be to have game manufactures distribute the source code along with a utility to compile the game and a small linux kernel, for exactly your hardware. You could go buy any game, maybe install the compiling utility (in windows if you want) and some patches for your various hardware and then poof, the utility will produce a bootable iso image that you can burn and run the best on exactly your hardware. If you have a change of hardware, throw out the old CD and the create a new one with your new configuration.
    You would have a fully optimized operating system and game for your exact computer, cause otherwise it could get a bit complex having different bootable game CD for you AMD Optron w/ nvidia, or w/ati or w/Nforce9 chipset or w/kt1600 or ......