Craigslist WTF ad. Barter vid card for electricity

[twinrider1]

Ok, what? Just saw this on Craigslist. Had to chuckle.

Here's what you'll get: A Radeon HD 5770 video card (worth about $120) or the 5870 (worth $240).
In exchange, I'll get: Use of some of your electricity via the video card.
I know it sounds weird, but it's for real. Email me for more info.​

 

[AmdEmAll]

 

[rcpratt]

Huh.

 

[Lean L]

it's an attempt to get some sex goin on

 

[Bateluer]

Email him for the info. I'm kinda curious how this going to work.

 

[ShawnD1]

Email him for the info. I'm kinda curious how this going to work.

I am Nigerian royalty and I need you to email me your electricity

 

[rcpratt]

Unless he just wants someone to run some kind of folding program at night for him, I'm quite confused.

 

[silverpig]

Unless he just wants someone to run some kind of folding program at night for him, I'm quite confused.

This. He just wants to use the GPU for a distributed computing app.

 

[ShawnD1]

This. He just wants to use the GPU for a distributed computing app.

lol. People will turn that shit off immediately when they find out you can't game while it's running.

All distributed computing stuff is like that. Running F@H on all of your CPU or GPU cores has a very significant effect on game playability. The most noticeable example I've seen is Ghostbusters. When F@H SMP is running, the game lags really bad and never has a steady frame rate. When F@H is turned off, the game is smooth. I asked about this before and someone said it was caused by cache missing. Even though F@H isn't taking up "compute" time, it's still sitting in the CPU's cache. Less cache available for the game means shittier frame rates.

 

[Kaervak]

I am Nigerian royalty and I need you to email me your electricity

Don't forget to put it in an anti-static bag.

 

[shortylickens]

Wait, where is sonz70 right now?

 

[james1701]

link to add. I have a box that would go in, and fold while not gaming.

 

[silverpig]

Wait, where is sonz70 right now?

"working"

 

[0roo0roo]

lol. People will turn that shit off immediately when they find out you can't game while it's running.

All distributed computing stuff is like that. Running F@H on all of your CPU or GPU cores has a very significant effect on game playability. The most noticeable example I've seen is Ghostbusters. When F@H SMP is running, the game lags really bad and never has a steady frame rate. When F@H is turned off, the game is smooth. I asked about this before and someone said it was caused by cache missing. Even though F@H isn't taking up "compute" time, it's still sitting in the CPU's cache. Less cache available for the game means shittier frame rates.

i kinda doubt a program can just sit in the cache when it is idle priority....aren't applications layers away from dealing with hardware anyways?

 

[MrChad]

Wait, where is sonz70 right now?

 

[MrChad]

Epic trip down memory lane

 

[ahenkel]

Interesting I was looking on Ebay for a video card recently. There's a seller there selling broken and not just defective but physically smashed with a hammer video cards for close to retail. he justifies it as you're investing in something I can't recall what. The whole thing seemed odd and this reminded me of it.

 

[thepd7]

Epic trip down memory lane

slightly random but always worth the read.

 

[Alone]

Epic trip down memory lane

All shens though, unfortunately.

 

[cerebusPu]

sonz70 would love it. less knee pain. faster video card.

 

[ImpulsE69]

i am nigerian royalty and i need you to email me your electricity

rotflmnao!

 

[ImpulsE69]

Epic trip down memory lane

lmao..SO WAIT....i didn't feel like reading the whole thing..did he get the video card? lmao

 

[grohl]

lmao..SO WAIT....i didn't feel like reading the whole thing..did he get the video card? lmao

jesus, that is friggin EPIC

 

[ShawnD1]

i kinda doubt a program can just sit in the cache when it is idle priority....aren't applications layers away from dealing with hardware anyways?

Not sure, but I know for a fact that Ghostbusters is unplayable when F@H is running. If I open task manager, it shows Ghostbusters only using 1 CPU core (50% CPU load). If F@H is closed, Ghostbusters uses both CPU cores (around 60-70% CPU load).