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NVIDIA Motorcycle Casemod is the Fastest Computer On Two Wheels, Kinda
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 10:59 AM on April 7, 2008
There are roadwarriors with their ultraportables and then there's master modder Dennis Ilyin, who took computing on the go literally with this ambitious motorcycle casemod. While the two-wheeled computing wonder lacks an engine, it more than makes up for it with massive LED-lit water tanks and what's sure to be ample processing power. The compu-bike was part of an NVIDIA-sponsored modding contest and actually came in second to this green thing. Fair? Unfair? Take a look at additional pics after the jump and you tell us.
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strider_mt2k
Posted 10:35 AM 7/4/08
That's really something.
strider_mt2k
aznplayer213
Posted 10:19 AM 7/4/08
lol but can it run my HD porn???
aznplayer213
danz32
Posted 10:13 AM 7/4/08
I don't see any video cards in the motherboard on the motorcycle; maybe thats why nVidia didn't give 1st to it
danz32
lafond66
Posted 10:12 AM 7/4/08
Um, look at the motherboard. Nothings plugged in. Where are the SLi cards the bike professes? That think will be a wire nightmare when it's actually finished.
lafond66
faabshaam
Posted 10:09 AM 7/4/08
How could this come in SECOND to THAT thing??? How wonderfully overclocked could you get your computer to be if it was air cooled like a Harley?
faabshaam
jkr
Posted 10:50 AM 7/4/08
for a case, everything is kind exposed and toucable. Which kind of negates a case.
jkr
Amiash
Posted 10:49 AM 7/4/08
DOES IT REALLY HAVE TO BE NEON GREEN?
It burns my eyes.
Amiash
Step666
Posted 11:14 AM 7/4/08
Tacky IMO.
There's one in the read link that looks like a giant valve which I would say is the best of the lot, the rest are just a bit boring; all green lights and lack of taste.
Step666
Papsky
Posted 11:40 AM 7/4/08
@aznplayer213: yea anyway... thats all that matters...
How about crysis??
Papsky
gamecrazychris
Posted 12:24 PM 7/4/08
Thats pretty dam awsome! He could get a pretty $$$$ if he put that on ebay.
gamecrazychris
cyborgtroy
Posted 12:58 PM 7/4/08
That makes me want a electric motorbike with an integrated low-power computer and a screen / dashboard that runs software gauges in addition to a Linux-based OS.
cyborgtroy
Evangelion
Posted 2:27 PM 7/4/08
@aznplayer213: umm... yeah... maybe?
@Papsky: Yeah I think it can run Crysis at a decent framerate... like 1, or 6 frames.... if your lucky.
Evangelion
FinalValgas
Posted 2:05 PM 7/4/08
Be really cool id somehow the rear wheel could spin up .... for some reason. Really cool mod, that little bike would make a cool little pocket rocket.
FinalValgas
Papsky
Posted 3:06 PM 7/4/08
@Evangelion: nice
Papsky
pradster
Posted 3:36 PM 7/4/08
I think i want to throw up, the bike sucks!
pradster
hanswurst0815
Posted 5:10 PM 7/4/08
I thought the whole point of case modding was that people who are into it just don't have the money to buy a car and pimp it.
@aznplayer213: Are ALL of your comments porn related?
hanswurst0815
faust1200
Posted 10:21 PM 7/4/08
Awesome, an SLI bike!! So it basically won't work in most situations and if it does it will maybe be a tiny bit faster.
faust1200
misterwho
Posted 3:46 AM 8/4/08
Uh, where is the case? I see the mobo dangling from the bike, but shouldn't it actually be encased?
The Green thingy doesn't do it for me. I like the one captioned "Power can be Elegant" and the one that looks like a huge gun.
misterwho
The Monarch
Posted 11:58 AM 7/4/08
I think the carbon fiber-y one with the amber lighting should've won.
I'll agree with many of you, most of those designs are in poor taste. What's up with the one that looks like a camouflaged vacuum cleaner?
I do see some cards in one of the shots; it seems complete, they just didn't use any of the legacy slots.
The Monarch