The computer and electronics super geek thread

[Test_Pilot_2]

30 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

So I'm guessing that running freecell using Threadripper is a bit pointless, huh?

What are you talkin' about... Minesweeper or bust!

[azrael]

8 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

So I'm guessing that running freecell using Threadripper is a bit pointless, huh?

That depends. Are you testing and training a local AI model to beat Freecell as fast as and as optimal as it can using as many instances of the game as possible (like a few hundred instances)? Threadripper can do that. Same goes for Minesweeper. But I think someone has probably written a simple non-AI app that does it already. 🤷‍♂️

[mikeszekely]

17 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

So I'm guessing that running freecell using Threadripper is a bit pointless, huh?

Maybe, but can it run Crysis?

Edited 10 hours ago by mikeszekely

[TangledThorns]

On my previous build back in 2014 I cheaped out on a PSU by not buying modular model. Lesson learned. For my current build I cheaped out on slim PC case fans that just started randomly vibrating. Lesson learned again, lol. 

[JB0]

8 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

Maybe, but can it run Crysis?

Yes, but not ideally since Crysis is designed for high single-core performance.

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Actually, "not without mods". Crysis uses 3DNow! instructions when running on an AMD processor, and AMD removed 3DNow! support.