Back when they were popular, flight sims needed some pretty hefty hardware to get them running. But I canât remember any of them ever having â120 dedicated graphics cardsâ under the ârequiredâ section on the side of the box.
But the HD World does. A custom F-16 fighter simulator, it runs off 120 dual core PCs with 120Â $400 graphics cards inside them, all chained together.
All that processing power gets you 10,000 âentitiesâ on screen at once, realistic explosion and destruction effects and â20-40 visual acuityâ, which is apparently as close to photo-realism as current projector technology can manage in a situation like this.
Oh, and it all comes wrapped in a 180-degree screen, along with a fully authentic replica of an F-16 cockpit.
If it didnât cost millions and millions of dollars, Iâd already have one on order. You can check out a clip of the sim in action below, courtesy of the Star Telegram.
Ultra-HD Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs on 120 PC Graphic Cards [Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/ultra-hd-military-f-16-flight-simulator-runs-on-120-pc-5285690
