Are PCs having TOO MUCH computing power?
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From: Darklight on 3 Mar 2010 04:10 GT wrote: >> "yaugin" <yaugin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:bfe3164a-b45a-4440-964e-> >> 925445053161(a)l12g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >> On Mar 2, 2:30 am, VanguardLH <V...(a)nguard.LH> wrote: >> > Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote: >> > >> > > Esp when most PCs are not being used to play DirectX games.... :) >> > >> > Um, other than games, just what software pushes the envelope to prod >> > users >> > to buy more powerful hardware? >> >> If you consider his question more carefully, that's what he was asking. > > And if you consider his reply more carefully, he is agreeing! playing devils advocate who amongst you would go back to a pIII 1 gHZ pc after having a dual or quad core. 2 to 3 gHZ pc. That should answer your question.
From: GT on 3 Mar 2010 06:00 "John McGaw" <Nobody(a)Nowh.ere> wrote in message news:NC9jn.365930$oC1.2148(a)en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com... > No. Not nearly enough power for me. I run two i7, one Q6600, and an old P4 > 24X7 as part of a distributed processing project supporting medical and > energy research. I could use much more speed from my machines. Or more > machines but my electric bills would surely suffer then. > > http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp You need one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos =spJ1nqFDR-8&v=adfgMWQB_6o
From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 3 Mar 2010 08:21 On 3/2/2010 22:52, John McGaw wrote: > No. Not nearly enough power for me. I run two i7, one Q6600, and an old > P4 24X7 as part of a distributed processing project supporting medical > and energy research. I could use much more speed from my machines. Or > more machines but my electric bills would surely suffer then. niche, minority! :) -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.33 ^ ^ 21:21:01 up 5:16 1 user load average: 1.01 1.05 1.00 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
From: Allen on 3 Mar 2010 09:36 On 3/2/2010 2:09 PM, VanguardLH wrote: > Allen wrote: > >> On 3/2/2010 4:30 AM, VanguardLH wrote: >>> Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote: >>> >>>> Esp when most PCs are not being used to play DirectX games.... :) >>> >>> Um, other than games, just what software pushes the envelope to prod users >>> to buy more powerful hardware? You think you need that 3GHz dual- or >>> quad-core processor with 4GB, or more, of system memory to run a word >>> processor (when then used to run back in DOS in under 640K on old P1 >>> processors running at 100MHz)? You think PC sales having bleeding edge >>> maxed out hardware is driven by users of AutoCAD or video editing programs? >>> Games push for more powerful hardware and games are what draw consumers to >>> pay for that more powerful hardware. >> For a start, there are photo and video editing programs. >> Allen > > Photo editing can be done on decade or older hosts. Video editing requires > horsepower to complete in a shorter time but then I already mentioned that. > You thought the vast majority of PC users are doing video editing? If you don't want answers, don't ask questions. Goodbye. Allen
From: GT on 3 Mar 2010 13:23
"Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hmlno8$6sh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 3/2/2010 22:52, John McGaw wrote: >> No. Not nearly enough power for me. I run two i7, one Q6600, and an old >> P4 24X7 as part of a distributed processing project supporting medical >> and energy research. I could use much more speed from my machines. Or >> more machines but my electric bills would surely suffer then. > > niche, minority! :) If the demand for these high powered gaming or number crunching machines was lower, then the manufacturers wouldn't bother developing them. I think your 'niche, minority', but actually be a significantly large group to justify all the R&D money. Quite whether we 'need' all this power for everyday use is another question, to which the answer is probably no. But we also don't 'need' 40" plasma TVs and corvettes do we - we choose to buy them and the manufacturers therefore make money from researching and producing them. |