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Nvidia Unveils New 64x SLI GPU Rig

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the right-up-there-on-my-to-do-list dept.

The Register has an answer for the problem of what to get the graphics buff who has everything, Nvidia's new 64x SLI GPU rig. While it doesn't come cheap, a mere $17,500, it will offer rendering at around 80 billion pixels every second and a combined resolution of around 148 megapixels. The new hardware is being targeted at content creators and people doing scientific modeling, and is due to ship in September.

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  1. Video by certel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll take 2. Just to make sure I can play Quake 4 at the highest resolution.

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    1. Re:Video by eosp · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about a nice, large 640e10x480e10 monitSegmentation fault: core dumped

  2. 64x? Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    The only thing "64x" in there is the FSAA... Not the cards. From TFA:


    It doesn't come cheap, mind - prices start at $17,500. Nvidia has three models on offer. Two contain two Quadro FX 5500 GPUs, while the mid-range version, the Model II, has two Quadro 4500 X2 GPUs - ie. four graphics cores.


    Nowhere near 64 cards, that's ridiculous...
  3. WHOOOOOSH by Winckle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sarcasm doing mach 3 over your head.

  4. Re:(-1, Troll) or, visualize by soibudca · · Score: 5, Funny

    being welcomed as an overlord by a Beowulf cluster of these puppies in soviet Russia and still misspelling independant, accomodation and definately in an email to some old fart in Korea.

  5. NOT FOR GAMING by iamsolidsnk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The nVidia Quadro graphics cards are for rendering, not for high-end gaming. The idea in the graphics card market that "more $$$$ == better graphics in games" does not hold true. These Quadro's will perform rather poorly compared to a 7950GTX, currently the top dog in the nVidia consumer graphics card market.

    This computer is for the design/development professional, who needs to render large amounts of video, like digital animation (think Pixar and it's ilk).

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