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AMD-powered Jaguar named world's "supreme supercomputer"

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AMD-powered Jaguar named world's "supreme supercomputer"

AMD may not be leading the desktop CPU market, but Top500 has accredited the company with powering the world's "supreme supercomputer." Oak Ridge National Laboratory's supercomputer, dubbed "Jaguar," has been upgraded with new six-core AMD Opteron processors and now holds the top spot among the top five supercomputers worldwide.

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So, how does it run Crysis? =D
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So, how does it run Crysis? =D
....don't be absurd Blind!, it runs Crysis just fine .....just not on enthusiast level.
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:O
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...and it runs on Linux (like 90% of the other supercomputers)! Microsoft eat your heart out! Oh wait a minute Microsoft has no heart - ba-da-bum!

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So, how does it run Crysis? =D
....don't be absurd Blind!, it runs Crysis just fine .....just not on enthusiast level.:p :)
Seriuosly though, that thing better eat Crysis like my computer eats Calculator.
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...and it runs on Linux (like 90% of the other supercomputers)! Microsoft eat your heart out! Oh wait a minute Microsoft has no heart - ba-da-bum!
can we get a rim shot here for Tim! :)
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Don't know which (or how many) graphics cards it has =)
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Don't know which (or how many) graphics cards it has =)
oh im reasonably sure it has a couple of GTX 295's ....have to play Crysis whilst waiting for it to calculate Pi to 10 billionth place.
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The reason there are so many AMD supercomputers is because they are much cheaper than Intel's :D
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The reason there are so many AMD supercomputers is because they are much cheaper than Intel's :D
when they build supercomputers, i don't think they have cheap in mind :)
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I'm not sure about 'cheap' but maybe more cost effective (more bang for the 'buck')?
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I'm sure we can play crysis on it with AA\AF enabled at 2560 x 1600 =)
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I really would like to see AMD succeed in this market. This will give consumer a choice and will benefit both parties (AMD & Intel) to improve thier products for years to come.
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