win a 48 core amd system

[deadrats]

that's right folks, amd is giving away a 48 core beast (four 12 core opterons) and all you have to do is write an essay:

http://blogs.amd.com/work/2010/03/03/48-cores-contest/

you should be warned, i have already entered and i must say i am a good writer, so it might be a waste of time for you guys to enter, but hey, you never know.

i should note the above was meant tongue in cheek.

good luck.

thank you, scum again.

[budz]

[Noahtuck]

HOLY BAT $H!T BATMAN!!!!!!

LOL!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYAN-TX46-QUAD-MAGNY-COURS-6176-G34-Socket-S8812-MB-/270534466899

If you just can't wait to get your hands on AMD's latest 12-cored 'Magny-Cours' Opteron processor, perhaps you'd care to risk buying leaked versions from eBay?

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/02/17/amds-magny-cours-leaked-on-ebay/1?utm...t+News+Feed%29


http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/hardware

That's just CRAZY!!!


P.S.
I am so going to smoke you and win that!!!

LOL!!

[M Bruner]

Why would video gurus write essays? It would be like a race car driver parking his formula one and walking around the track.

[mrswla]

http://cgi.ebay.com/TYAN-TX46-QUAD-MAGNY-COURS-6176-G34-Socket-S8812-MB-/270534466899
That's just CRAZY!!!

On top of paying $9500 you have to pay $100 for shipping and wait over a month to get it.

Why would video gurus write essays?

They are also taking videos and blog posts.

[rallynavvie]

IIRC desktop OS only support two sockets (still) so you'd be running Windows Server 2008 on there if you wanted to run a recent Windows build. Otherwise Linux. Doubt a Hackintosh would be successful due to the AMD chips. What would you plan on doing with a server OS on a rig like that? I see it running ESXi for me at home and that's about it.