You Will Never, Ever Game On A Rig This Expensive

By Luke Plunkett on August 6, 2008 at 9:30 PM

One of our readers - who would prefer to remain nameless - installs PC rigs for a living. He helped install this one, in a government office, then proceeded to do what anyone confronted by twenty-seven 67″ HD monitors would do - he played a tonne of BioShock and WoW on it. For reference, 27 panels equates to a display that’s 40 feet wide and 15 feet high, with a desktop resolution of, oh, 12600 x 3150.

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  • yoshinatsu
    August 06, 2008 at 10:15 PM

    Maybe his shirt should have read,

  • KingBroly
    August 06, 2008 at 10:11 PM

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  • sander_dutch
    August 06, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    This is the new WOPR.
    Global thermonuclear is imminent


    sander_dutch

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:08 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:05 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:05 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:04 PM

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  • Acseru
    August 06, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    Nice 1. Every gamers dream. (Not the WoW, but playing on those screens)

    Acseru

  • CatfishMaw
    August 06, 2008 at 10:01 PM

    Maybe his shirt should have read,

  • Cosmitz
    August 06, 2008 at 9:59 PM

    Requote of above..

    Defcon whould have been extremely fit for a Goverment place. Imagine someone coming in and going..

    What... did... you... do?

    Cosmitz

  • scumm_boy
    August 06, 2008 at 9:59 PM

    Bioshock I can understand, but WoW? Lackluster graphics at best. He should have tried running Crysis on it ;)

    scumm_boy

  • Xavior
    August 06, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    "YOU WISH"
    Damn username -_-.

    Xavior

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:57 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:56 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:55 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:50 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:48 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:45 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:45 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:44 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:41 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:40 PM

    @cqdemal: Chernobyl. Kaboom.

    HenryHSH

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:40 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:39 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:39 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:38 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:37 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:36 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:36 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:32 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 9:32 PM

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  • MentalNote
    August 06, 2008 at 10:40 PM

    The Feds are probably using it to play HD Pong.

    MentalNote

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:40 PM

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  • Antiterra
    August 06, 2008 at 10:39 PM

    Does it come with a truckload of aspirin? (And I do mean an actual truck full of aspirin.)

    Antiterra

  • placebofud
    August 06, 2008 at 10:39 PM

    twenty-seven 67" HD monitors

    Sounds like the government and money well spent. Why save funds by using projectors instead of monitors?

    placebofud

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:38 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:36 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:35 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:29 PM

    "Joshua called me..."

    "Ehrich Blackhound"

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:28 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:25 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:25 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:22 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:20 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:20 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:18 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:07 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:02 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:02 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:01 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:00 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:56 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:55 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:44 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 10:43 PM

    my hero!!!!

    happycodemonkey

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:24 PM

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  • gencid
    August 06, 2008 at 11:22 PM

    Switching between live Iraqi satellite footage and World of Warcraft? Priceless.

    gencid

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:19 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:16 PM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:38 PM

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  • Mikey
    August 07, 2008 at 12:14 AM

    Still got him beat! ^_^

    Remember last september when they had the contest where you could go play Halo 3 on an IMAX screen in NY?

    Well, I did just that! (only 1 out of the 8 in your match could play on there and I was lucky enough to be the one on that screen)

    Fun times, fun times

    Mikey

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:12 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:03 AM

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    August 06, 2008 at 11:58 PM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:38 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:37 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:36 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:36 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:36 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:32 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:30 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:03 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:00 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:52 AM

    Do want...

    Koontz

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:50 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 12:47 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:33 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:24 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:16 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:13 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:12 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:52 AM

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  • Xerxes 8933A
    August 07, 2008 at 1:51 AM

    I once played Goldeneye Multi-player on a Movie Theatre screen back in the day. Now that was awesome, and it dwarfs this tiny thing.

    Xerxes 8933A

  • Wolf_Dog
    August 07, 2008 at 1:45 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 1:42 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:20 AM

    @pandafresh: Yes, its wise to watch your wording. We all know Jack Thompson probably browses our comments looking for video game influenced killers.

    GcRayden

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:12 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:02 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:46 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:09 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:08 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:02 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:59 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 2:59 AM

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  • Jazhuis
    August 07, 2008 at 2:55 AM

    @Kotakufan777: When we get our new video wall equipment set up, I will take your request under consideration when we do the initial testing.

    Maybe half DEFCON, half Uplink. :)

    (Note: I am not the person from the above story, but I do work someplace that has a similar setup)

    Jazhuis

  • Jazhuis
    August 07, 2008 at 3:23 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:16 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:50 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 3:48 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 4:20 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 4:06 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 4:48 AM

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  • FutureEmperor
    August 07, 2008 at 4:48 AM

    I used to work at a movie theater and we hooked up some consoles to the projectors and played on the big screens. This is nothing to me.

    FutureEmperor

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    August 07, 2008 at 4:44 AM

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  • Ashkihyena
    August 07, 2008 at 4:43 AM

    Seriously, WoW on that screen? Boo-urns. Theres much better stuff to be playing on a monitor of that size.

    Ashkihyena

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    August 07, 2008 at 4:43 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 5:14 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 5:46 AM

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  • ArgentAngel
    August 07, 2008 at 6:30 AM

    @Paul Soth: I though the exact same thing.

    ArgentAngel

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    August 07, 2008 at 6:22 AM

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    August 07, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    ....WoW....literally.

    Refused

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