You can do that using a NVIDIA GRID K1/K2 and share the GPU to many guest OS. This is through the VMware SGA driver, and you allocate a specific amount of memory per instance. Thus you can share one K1 card between 150+ users, depending on the MB per guest.
It's funny how this thread is about power efficient VM hosts, and some of these hosts are 200-300W. Running these setups would triple my electricity bill. That is definitely not what I would consider power efficient.
As a power efficient host, you could either use a newer laptop based on e.g...
In our PowerEdge 2950 server with 4x1 GB FB-DDR2, the sticks are running at average temperatures of 65C, 61C, 81C and 29C. The server is stable. I've read that it's just FB-DDR2 which has an extremely high power consumption compared to normal memory. Fortunately the server will soon be retired...
I saw the link posted in the Virtualization forum, where some people past they have them working well. I guess they're okay, but if I were to set up a mission critical server, I'd consider the more common brands.
Actually right now you can get 8 GB 1333 MHz ECC UDIMMs for $62. Check this thread from the other part of the forum.
I also wonder if the Z77 would support ECC memory with a Xeon CPU. Not having to use a C202 or similar motherboard would be great.
Gigabyte uses the same BIOS on different revisions of the board. Look at the BIOS list of rev. 1.0 and rev 2.1 both give the same download link to BIOS F11, which links here.
Buying the latest revision gives you a newer BIOS release preinstalled.
You should be able to overclock inside Windows, to your hearts desire with a tool like RMClock, as your CPU isn't multiplier locked. You can then make a high-speed profile, that runs your CPU at the max speed it's able to at 1.4v VID.
If you mean the Quadro 570M, it compares favorably with the 8600M GT. E.g. in the Thinkpad T61p, it's equipped with GDDR3, while most 8600M GT's are equipped with GDDR2 memory. I have no reason to believe that the Quadro is any bit inferior to the normal chip, for gaming. It might have been that...
CnQ is most efficient when you're doing a light constant load on the CPU, like watching movies or playing MP3s.
At complete idle the difference between on/off is minimal, because the CPU is sent HALT instructions, that make the CPU enter a special deep sleep power state. That's also the case...
My rev E Venice at low speed (C'n'Q) runs passive with stock heatsink. If you only use MCE, and aren't transcoding, it would be fine.
You can always setup Speedfan to turn on the fan if the temperature gets too high, perhaps due to a large CPU load.
I can recommend Mobile AthlonXPs. The 2400+ 35W I used to have, ran 2.2-2.4 GHz without problems, at lower voltage than a stock 3200+, and even cheaper.
You don't list which motherboard or RAM you use. The mobile processors can be pin-modded to run 2.4 GHz on even a 133 MHz board.
The lowest usable multiplier is 4x, while C'n'Q only goes down to 5x.
With the 4x multiplier, you can even overclock the HTT frequency up to 250 MHz and run stock or lower frequency at idle times.
On my board, 1.1v is the lowest voltage possible, which can be used from 1600 MHz and downwards.
If your default voltage is 1.4v and you manage to reduce operating voltage to 1.25v, your power consumption is reduced to 80 %.
If your default voltage is 1.25v and you manage to reduce operating voltage to 1.1v, your power consumption is reduced to 78 %.
In total a reduction from 1.4v to...
Xerox monitors has a glass screen in front of the TFT-panel, but I wouldn't compare it to a X-Brite or similar technology.
Pretty amazing that noone has begun flaming X-Brite technology in this topic, yet. :p
If it did overheat it would have crashed. FYI, with C'n'Q you can in fact turn off the fan, without the CPU overheating. I have my computer like that most of the time.
Serial is the future. It's also acknowledged in FB-DIMM.
But the question is, what AMD has to use extra bandwidth for? I mean for many tasks, memory bandwidth from 400 to 500 MHz doesn't show any considerable increase.
I think a better goal would be reducing latencies. How can RDRAM help with...
Try first, without uninstalling CPU-driver, run RMClock and enable P-State transitions. Have one called 5x, in addition to the higher multiplier levels.
My brother, also an (electrical) engineer, who doesn't game at all, has also build a new X2 computer.
The board for his computer is the Asus A8N-VM CSM, with onboard GeForce 6150 and 2 GB memory.
He runs Linux on it.
Maybe a IGP-solution on a similar motherboard would be a good solution for...
His processor is still ok, being a 3.3 GHz P4.
IMO, it doesn't sound like he needs the extra performance a dual-core will provide in specialty apps.
Games are mostly GPU-limited anyway.
Of course he could buy a X2 4800+ with SLI GTX7800 512, but he's looking for best bang for the buck...
I run the stock heatsink passive, when the CPU is running low throttle. It hovers around 51 degress, with a 39 degree case. Speedfan adjusts fan speed when temperature increases above 55 degrees. It never does when I'm just surfing and not doing processor intensive stuff.
What do you need the extra power for?
I'm very happy with the performance of my 2.0 GHz Venice chip. It plays e.g. NFS Most Wanted with good framerates, and all other games I've tried..
If it's because games stutter, I'd suggest a graphics card upgrade in the same system.
If you read Anand's latest ventures into overclocking, you can see the difference between a 2.0 GHz with 512 KB and one with 1024 KB. The difference is most of the time none.
If given the choice, I'd choose one with 200 MHz advantage. If price difference is significant, I wouldn't want 1024 KB...
The stock CPU fan can be extremely noise, when it's running full bore! :eek:
I think it revs to around 6000 RPM.
Luckily, smart fan management has been gifted to us, and for most of my uses, I have the fan turned off, by the help of SpeedFan.
The people saying the stock CPU-fan is quiet...
Venice can drop to 4x multiplier, if HT is set to 4x. Otherwise it'll crash.
I have not had any luck in voltage below 1.1v. But I can still run it fanless, with stock cooler at 800 MHz and that voltage.
Then how do you want the CD's to be transferred to a portable player, without ripping them?
Ronco: That sounds like a killer machine. I'm sure you will be happy with it.
How fast are you able to rip the CDs to your harddrive?
Considering an Athlon64 3800+ does 20x realtime encoding, and a x2 4800 does it at 32x realtime, I would think that it outperforms the ripping CD-drive.
The connector on Ebay is called: "HDTV Component Video Adapter DVI-I to YPrPb "
The connector on the Asus motherboard is called DVI-D, as in digital-only.
From the Asus manual: "Note: DVI-D only supports digital display. You cannot convert DVI-D to output RGB signal to CRT display."...
It sounds like you haven't heard about, or tried, the IBM Software Installer. It's an excellent program supplied by IBM, that downloads all drivers and software for your Thinkpad model, and lets you selectively choose which parts to install.
If you run it at a later time, after having run it...
I mostly use my laptop, because the normal PCs role has changed to being a media center/gaming oriented computer. But I haven't played a game in months, except for Quake3 on my laptop.
SXGA+ is much better than 852x480, for normal stuff.