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Originally posted by PinballWizzard@Jul 16 2005, 08:46 PM
I have tons of old cpus (386, 486, early pentiums) @ home, I'd like 2 know if it's possible 2 build a multi-cpu machine, because when I work with graphics programs I need an ultra-fast machine. 10.000 objects is too much for my 1.GHz PC.
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You could build a cluster computer using a multitude of CPU etc. Thing is that you'll have to write you programs in a way that supports parallel processes (or threads). MPI or OpenMP standard is one way to go. You also have to make sure that the biggest load will be carried out by the fastest CPUs to avoid overhead. This kind of solution is probably only worthwhile if you application has something to do with computational science is some way.