++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[fjmeat]

bowl of popcorn. check.

 

[fjmeat]

chillin on couch. check.

 

[fjmeat]

tall glass of rum and coke. check.

 

[fjmeat]

channel surf in the 55" LED HDTV. check.

 

[fjmeat]

all is well in the life of fjmeat right now.

 

[mnewsham]

tall glass of rum and coke. check.

i made myself a screwdriver. :thumbsup:

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm about to make a ~$3,000 purchase. I need to stop myself.

I want to build a new VM server, but 128GB of ram and dual Xeon 8 core might be overkill.

 

[eldorado99]

I'm about to make a ~$3,000 purchase. I need to stop myself.

I want to build a new VM server, but 128GB of ram and dual Xeon 8 core might be overkill.

stick with the 486 dude

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[Red Squirrel]

stick with the 486 dude

I think there's some jumpers on the motherboard I might still be able to squeeze a bit more out of it.

 

[raasco]

nee

 

[eldorado99]

I think there's some jumpers on the motherboard I might still be able to squeeze a bit more out of it.

hit the turbo button!

 

[norseamd]

I'm about to make a ~$3,000 purchase. I need to stop myself. I want to build a new VM server, but 128GB of ram and dual Xeon 8 core might be overkill.

what programs could use that sort of hardware

any games or productivity programs

 

[raasco]

what programs could use that sort of hardware

any games or productivity programs

It's a sickness. He's an enthusiast.

 

[norseamd]

It's a sickness. He's an enthusiast.

yah but i still want to know what you could use that workstation hardware for

developers are so lazy and uninspiring today that it is a sickness

we need to move beyond publishers and consoles and start thinking about how to use multi core processors and general purpose computing on video cards

 

[fjmeat]

neffer

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[eldorado99]

still up and drinking rum and cokes fj?

 

[fjmeat]

still up and drinking rum and cokes fj?

yup

 

[norseamd]

yup

what rum

 

[sdifox]

I'm about to make a ~$3,000 purchase. I need to stop myself.

I want to build a new VM server, but 128GB of ram and dual Xeon 8 core might be overkill.

Look into off lease?

 

[sdifox]

what programs could use that sort of hardware

any games or productivity programs

Crysis of course :awe:

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[norseamd]

neffsis

 

[eldorado99]

nef