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OS Type	Current TFLOPS*	Active CPUs	Total CPUs
Windows	207	217844	2178124
Mac OS X/PowerPC	7	8433	120265
Mac OS X/Intel	23	7472	63472
Linux	59	34706	331809
ATI GPU	453	4116	9955
NVIDIA GPU	1464	13312	28884
PLAYSTATION®3	1146	40624	603208
Total	3359	326507	3335717

GPU Client total: 1.917 Petaflops or 110 Gigaflops per active client.

PS3 Client total: 1.146 Petaflops or 28 Gigaflops per active client.

Pretty amazing stuff really. I can't wait to see what the future holds for next generations of GPUs as their architecture evolves to become more programmable. This is definately one area of computing thats progressing rapidly and one should not sneeze at the potential of these massively parrellel silicon chips.

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NiKKoM on 18 September 2008

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vlad321 on 18 September 2008

You might wanna label the graph's columns so people get a better understanding of all the numbers.

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Squilliam on 18 September 2008

vlad321 said:
You might wanna label the graph's columns so people get a better understanding of all the numbers.

Its all labeled for me.

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TWRoO on 18 September 2008

What numbers mean what? I also see no column headings.

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Squilliam on 18 September 2008

TWRoO said:
What numbers mean what? I also see no column headings.

Fixed!

Sorry I didn't realise.

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cwbys21 on 19 September 2008

This was to be expected. The new video cards are insanely powerful and there are more people will a dedicated video card than there are ps3s. Still impressive to see how well it is doing, over 3300 terra flops is huge.

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frybread on 19 September 2008

I love my video card. The new Crysis stuns me everytime I boot it up, aaaaah

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MikeB on 19 September 2008

Top GPUs cost multiple times the amount of a Cell processor and are more power hungry, top graphics cards cost more than an entire PS3 system.

'The GPU client is still the fastest, but it is the least flexible and can only run a very, very limited set of WUs.' The Cell processor is much more flexible with regard to what kind of calculations can be performed, with additional effort the Cell can perform well for any kind of calculation an ordinary desktop CPU is suited for.

Unsurprisingly the RSX can perform more operations per second than the Cell as well, but the Cell is really what makes the PS3 interesting for Folding (or science in general) as well as a multi-media / gaming platform.

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sieanr on 19 September 2008

MikeB said:

Top GPUs cost multiple times the amount of a Cell processor and are more power hungry, top graphics cards cost more than an entire PS3 system.

'The GPU client is still the fastest, but it is the least flexible and can only run a very, very limited set of WUs.' The Cell processor is much more flexible with regard to what kind of calculations can be performed, with additional effort the Cell can perform well for any kind of calculation an ordinary desktop CPU is suited for.

Unsurprisingly the RSX can perform more operations per second than the Cell as well, but the Cell is really what makes the PS3 interesting for Folding (or science in general) as well as a multi-media / gaming platform.

So what?

Even lower range GPUs will beat the Cell in this area. GPUs that cost a less than half the cost of a PS3.

Also, the Cell is far more limited than a desktop CPU. You're talking out of your ass once again.

Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

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