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Linux on X-Box???
Fett101:
quote:Originally posted by xbsd:
consoles are for dumbs gamers.
[ August 28, 2003: Message edited by: xbsd ]
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Wow... just Wow.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
They may be crap for desktop computers, but we're talking about Beowulf clusters here. Besides, I doubt that the Xbox is any better than those machines, no matter how crappy they are.
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I bet the XBox is at least 3 times what those walmart special Linux computers are. The XBox uses a 733mhz Intel(I think PIII) CPU. A NVidia GFX chipset and a modern PIII chipset that runs in at least ATA66(maybe ATA100).
Those Walmart specials run on a shitty, outdated ATA33 only chipset. If I remember correctly, they use a Via C3 CPU(a 1ghz C3 is slower than a 500mhz Celeron PPGA/Pentium 2 core) and the video card is not anywhere near the performance of a GeForce 3+(like the XBox's NVidia card).
If it were my desicion I'd go for the XBox.
[ August 28, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
Laukev7:
Fair enough for the processor, but I doubt the graphic card is much of an issue when it comes to clusters.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7: Defender of Canada:
Fair enough for the processor, but I doubt the graphic card is much of an issue when it comes to clusters.
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Good point.
hm_murdock:
but hey, just think... you got a cluster going, and you wanna bust out with some DOA3 (the real game, not cheesy X-TREME VOLLEYBALL) or some STAR WARS you can fire it up.
see, that's why the Ecks Baachs is decent, because it has a STAR WARS GAME.
Even MS can't keep dudes from STAR WARS
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