Wondering if there's a way to combine the computing power of 2
machines - in this case a 2.4gig PIV running XP Media Center and a
933mhz PIII running XP Home.

I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:23:19 -0800, Doc wrote:

> Wondering if there's a way to combine the computing power of 2
> machines - in this case a 2.4gig PIV running XP Media Center and a
> 933mhz PIII running XP Home.
>
> I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
> video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
> of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?

Not that you're capable of. Why don't you run down to the local corner store and buy
a dual or quad core CPU.

On Jan 16, 10:30*pm, "Bhagat Gurtu" <bhaga...@hindiblogs.com> wrote:

> > I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
> > video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
> > of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?
>
> Not that you're capable of.


Does that mean yes it is or no it isn't?

"Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 10:30 pm, "Bhagat Gurtu" <bhaga...@hindiblogs.com> wrote:

> > I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
> > video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
> > of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?
>
> Not that you're capable of.

That would be no...

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:34:20 -0800 (PST), Doc <docsavage20@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Jan 16, 10:30*pm, "Bhagat Gurtu" <bhaga...@hindiblogs.com> wrote:
>
>> > I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
>> > video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
>> > of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?
>>
>> Not that you're capable of.
>
>
>Does that mean yes it is or no it isn't?

I suspect it's a very reluctant "yes, it's possible, but very
impractical for a home user, so the answer may as well be no"

Look up "Beowulf Cluster." Read through the online material,
starting with www.beowulf.org, and I think you might see what I
mean. Specifically, what you're looking to do is create a Class I
cluster.

Not outside of a high end computer research lab.

--
--DaveW
"Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Wondering if there's a way to combine the computing power of 2
> machines - in this case a 2.4gig PIV running XP Media Center and a
> 933mhz PIII running XP Home.
>
> I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
> video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
> of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?

On Jan 16, 10:23 pm, Doc <docsavag...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wondering if there's a way to combine the computing power of 2
> machines - in this case a 2.4gig PIV running XP Media Center and a
> 933mhz PIII running XP Home.
>
> I.e. - say I have a particularly system intensive process such as
> video rendering, any way to hook the two together to boost the power
> of the 2.4 gig machine with the CPU of the 933mhz machine?

Yes it's possible.. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1815797,00.asp