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[PinballWizzard]

I have tons of old cpus (386, 486, early pentiums) @ home, I'd like 2 know if it's possible 2 build a multi-cpu machine, because when I work with graphics programs I need an ultra-fast machine. 10.000 objects is too much for my 1.GHz PC.

[Eagle of Fire]

You know, adding multiple 386, 486 and pentium CPU's will probably not solve your speed problem.

I purchased a 2gig computer for the price of a pentium 5 years ago, and that is more than a year ago. I am sure you could buy a 4gig computer which is not worth that much. Did you go to your local computer store and see if you could simply buy a new one instead?

Purchasing a good graphic card will undoubtly help too.

[Quintopotere]

I agree with Eagle of Fire!

You can't obtain an ultra fast machine using 486s and Pentiums :not_ok:

[win98]

yeah i hate to say it but they are to slow these days so why don't you get like 3 more 1GHZ and then you should have 4GHZ k:

[win98]

386s and 486s are slow why don't you get 3 more 1ghz cpus then you will have 4ghz and also get a better graphics card that will help k:

[Data]

http://www.beowulf.org/

[MdaG]

Originally posted by PinballWizzard@Jul 16 2005, 08:46 PM
I have tons of old cpus (386, 486, early pentiums) @ home, I'd like 2 know if it's possible 2 build a multi-cpu machine, because when I work with graphics programs I need an ultra-fast machine. 10.000 objects is too much for my 1.GHz PC.

You could build a cluster computer using a multitude of CPU etc. Thing is that you'll have to write you programs in a way that supports parallel processes (or threads). MPI or OpenMP standard is one way to go. You also have to make sure that the biggest load will be carried out by the fastest CPUs to avoid overhead. This kind of solution is probably only worthwhile if you application has something to do with computational science is some way.

[Caged]

If you do decide to go with a new computer man, don't go with a Pentium. Don't get me wrong, they are great chips.

But the facts stand that overall, AMD chips received better performance ratings when it comes to graphics work. k: