Clustering

[archerbob]

Is it possible to game on a cluster of cheap PC?

[LukeSavenije]

it's possible, but not easy

[Pixel5]

also its not worth it because you will spend more on cheap PC´s than you would on one single good one.

[porina]

One of many problems with clustering is you need software to support it. Good luck finding any game that does. The nearest thing I can think of is I think there are some flight sims that can use multiple PCs to render display output if you want surround vision, but I'm not up to speed on if that is still a thing.

[manikyath]

if your game happens to be a hightly multithreaded workload that can deal with high interconnect latency.. sure..

 

but in the real world where game developers arent wizards, no, dont even freaking try..

[archerbob]

I was looking at one of Linus' video's about replacing the $69 PC with a $30 PC, and so I wondered if one was to cluster say 3 of them would it make a good gaming PC...  I mean there was that big lan box that was setup for multiple users, I was thinking it'd be nice to see if it's possible to go the other way with a cluster