Big Mac Benchmark Drops to 7.4 TFlops

coolmacdude writes "Well it seems that the early estimates were a bit overzealous. According to preliminary test results (in postscript format) on the full range of CPUs at Virginia Tech, the Rmax score on Linpack comes in at around 7.4 TFlops. This puts it at number four on the Top 500 List. It also represents an efficiency of about 44 percent, down from the previous result of 80 achieved on a subset of the computers. Perhaps in light of this, apparantly VT is now planning to devote an additional two months to improve the stability and efficiency of the system before any research can begin. While these numbers will no doubt come as a disappointment for Mac zealots who wanted to blow away all the Intel machines, it should still be noted that this is the best price/performance ratio ever achieved on a supercomputer. In addition, the project was successful at meeting VT's goal of developing an inexpensive top 5 machine. The results have also been posted at Ars Technica's openforum."

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Would anyone like to help me

[Sir Haxalot]

build a 7.4 TFlops computer for 500 pounds? Please?

Unfair discounted price/performance

[Anubis333]

How can people talk about price vs. performance when the machines were discounted more than 25%! (read at bottom)
Is price/performance a factor or something to boast about when a company is drastically reducing price just to get thair name in the news?

I mean, I gave my brother a dual 466 celeron last month, that's better price/performance than this super computing cluster.. bleh..

ignoring AMD again

[ruiner5000]

It should be noted that every Mac cultist ignores AMD. I'm sorry, but AMD has the most price effective clusters bar none. Do a little research before you start flapping about the Mac guys. Don't Mac users know what Google is, or are they all stuck using AOL search? Athlon MP, Opteron. Hello. Why build a more expensive and slower cluster on the G5 when you can have it faster, cheaper, and far more scalable with Opteron? It does not make sense. If I was a VT alumni I'd be calling for heads to roll.