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Why can't super computers run games?

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i think they can, but no one does because it would be waste of power

Linus just uploaded a tech quickie and said they cannot, so that's why I came here

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they can,

but there are no 32K 288Hz monitors out there

Linus said they cannot

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(SC) Super computers have the same limitations we do. Software - but lets asy.. for example THEY are using Windows 8.1 as well as us....

 

Still comes down to the Threading capabilities of Software...

 

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Linus just uploaded a tech quickie and said they cannot, so that's why I came here

and exactly after that he says why, but as a tldw, is because they run custom OS'es and because games themselves wouldn't benefit at all from it

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Because they are not created for gaming.

we all know that, haha.

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and exactly after that he says why, but as a tldw, is because they run custom OS'es and because games themselves wouldn't benefit at all from it

 

A game built for a supercomputer would benefit from it. But chances are that would be the only computer in the world that could run it. Not the best business model.

 

But yeah, it could run a game, if you bothered to build a game for a supercomputer. But nobody does.

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