OH.. MY.. GOD!!!

[Professor S]

http://gear.ign.com/articles/679/679405p1.html

The XPS Renegade is so powerful, in fact, that, according to Dell, its performance figures rank each Renegade system as the 70th most powerful super-computer in the world.

[DarkMaster]

Man, if I was $20,000 richer...

[GameMaster]

Oh baby!

[KillerGremlin]

Yayyyyyyy a Dell. And I bet it's overpriced.

Wait a year, and you'll be able to buy and assemble all that stuff for much much less.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Yayyyyyyy a Dell. And I bet it's overpriced.

Wait a year, and you'll be able to buy and assemble all that stuff for much much less.

Yeah, but if Dell didn't put this together now, would you be able to do that? Their R&D = your cheaper super-computer down the road. Its still sick to think that personal computers have come to the point that a single person or family can afford such a beast.

Besides, if this was a Mac you would have to take out a second mortgage for the keyboard... and then immediate get the next keyboard in a month when they make it 11% smaller and call it the "nanoboard".

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Yeah, but if Dell didn't put this together now, would you be able to do that? Their R&D = your cheaper super-computer down the road. Its still sick to think that personal computers have come to the point that a single person or family can afford such a beast.

Besides, if this was a Mac you would have to take out a second mortgage for the keyboard... and then immediate get the next keyboard in a month when they make it 11% smaller and call it the "nanoboard".

It wouldn't be 11% smaller. It would be blue.

[MuGen]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Yeah, but if Dell didn't put this together now, would you be able to do that? Their R&D = your cheaper super-computer down the road. Its still sick to think that personal computers have come to the point that a single person or family can afford such a beast.

Besides, if this was a Mac you would have to take out a second mortgage for the keyboard... and then immediate get the next keyboard in a month when they make it 11% smaller and call it the "nanoboard".

I agree with Professor S.... truth be told, down the road these building your own system with the same performance would only be possible because of systems before it. Now that the architecture is there, people will be able to either build their system based on it, or just buy the XPS renegade... which by all means is probably the more popular decision considering anyone who is looking to puchase a 'super' computer.. .can afford this system.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Yeah, but if Dell didn't put this together now, would you be able to do that?

yes.

maybe because i didnt read this artical, but im not seeing what this discussion is about....

its a couple of duel nvidia cards in sli mode.

nvidia woulda still made that card whether dell put it together or not, im sure nvidia gave dell a deal on the cards for putting this system together.. but aside from that part... what is it dells doing that woudlnt of been done anyway?

(im seriously asking this as a question, not as a side of an argument)

seems like its a normal SLI motherboard, with 2 16x slots, and 2 of the duel 7800 gfx cards. seems to me this could be built as soon as nvidia relases the card.

but, thats what im unclear of.. what makes it otherwise?