3d pc

Imagine gaming with this:

3D Computer Chips Could Be 1,000 Times Faster Than Existing Ones

http://www.livescience.com/52207-faster-3d-computer-chip.html

 

Not going to notice much difference with computer chip that's, let's say, 5 or 10 times faster. Probably costs a lot to produce as well.

 

Cool! And I thought SSD was a big speed improvement! As far as not noticing the speed, maybe not now, but as always things get more complex. The internet used to be pretty much all text, not all kinds of streaming content is available. If we could get our infrastructure up for internet, that would help.

Heck, not too long ago a 75Mhz PC with 512 RAM was a nice machine. I even remember having a PC with only 2K of RAM. Current one has a 6 core processor, and 16 gig of RAM. :-D

A lot of tech starts like this, in more theoretical labs, then better stuff gets into the consumer market.

 

Someone built something like this, only on a larger scale...I imagine the next step though in computer improvements is to have some optimizations in the way of transmitting signals on the motherboard, instead of transmitting signals through metal strands on the PCB, there will be tiny fiber optic lines, though the issue with that is fiber transmitters and receivers would have to be minimized and ensured to not add more lag than they are reducing by replacing wire strips with fiber optic interconnects.

 

3D or not... I could happily live with this one.
http://inspirationfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/eyefinity-setup-111.jpg

 

Only 3 monitors... Phhh. :-D

 

And such is why I have a 50" screen. No bezels to get in the way.

And, a Samsung plasma for $200 :drool, how could I go wrong?

 

I built a gamer for son's rich friend, key piece is
http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN40JU7500FXZA

Water cooled CPU and GPUs with Asus Sabertooth, Intel 4790K at 5 GHz (took three CPU's to find a stable one), two ATI 290x (good for his chosen games).
He holds 40 - 60 fps in most games. I just wish the monitor had Freesync.

In this rig doubling the CPU power would do almost nothing.