2012-12-21-219

24 monitors, FPS gaming for you sir?

Engadget has a scoop about a crazy set of systems, hooked to 24 LCD displays,with a total resolution of 10240 x 3072. With this sort of resolution, itrequires a set 12 Linux servers running distributed computing software to drivethe monster displays. But with this sort of power, it could only do Quake III atjust 15 to 30 fps. Mega displays are not meant for gaming, just yet. "Leadingthe life of an Engadget editor, you don't ever think you could come upon a rigor setup with too much screen real estate. Sure, you can overcompensate in anynumber of ways -- like, say, too much drive space (what, you really need8TB?)-- but pixel acreage never struck us as one of them. Until now. Say hello toVirginia Tech's 31 million pixel-pusher friends, their 24 display array"workstation" runs at 10240 x 3072. Apparently it takes 12 Linux servers runningdistributed computing software to operate, and can play Quake III at 15-30FPS.Well done, sirs, well done. We take it back, it's not too much. It's nevertoo much."