(08-25-2017, 10:23 PM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: Do Raspberry Pi clusters make it any better for gaming ?That's a good point ...
What I have seen with Raspberry Pi3 clusters, if I remember well, is that the RAM is additive, but the max CPU power is not.
So with a 64 x Pi3 cluster, as shown in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq5nrHz9I94
- max CPU power is still only 1.2 GHz
- total RAM will be 64 x 1GB = 64GB
- graphics quality greatly improved
I may be wrong here, but I think for high-end gaming, peak CPU power needs to be much much higher than 1.2Ghz. Though the 64 x Pi3 cluster has great parallel processing capacity, I think it would be too slow for any demanding gaming - what do the rest of you think..?
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work