# MYTHBUSTERS: Paint the Mona Lisa **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072 "2008-08-29T05:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/1 "2008-08-29T05:39:01Z")
Apparently they were doing a demonstration at an nVidia conference demonstrating the power of a single CPU vs. GPU chips. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/2 "2008-08-29T05:53:04Z")
I really do not understand the point here… ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/3 "2008-08-29T05:56:20Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > I really do not understand the point here… +1 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/4 "2008-08-29T05:57:46Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > I really do not understand the point here… AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! ??? ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/5 "2008-08-29T05:58:38Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > the point = > [@9c1"](#): > > demonstrating the power of a single CPU vs. GPU chips. And it’s cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/6 "2008-08-29T06:01:13Z")
I didn’t listen to the audio, did I miss something there? Looks like they just shot a 1000 preset paintballs at a sheet of paper to me. I don’t understand what that has to do with processing. What did it have to computer? Or is it just an analogy? ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/7 "2008-08-29T06:03:53Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > I didn’t listen to the audio, did I miss something there? > > Looks like they just shot a 1000 preset paintballs at a sheet of paper to me. I don’t understand what that has to do with processing. What did it have to computer? > > Or is it just an analogy? Just an analogy. They were comparing the first robot x-y single shot picture (single cpu), to the multi-barreled mona-lisa picture (gpu). The super slo-mo was also cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/8 "2008-08-29T06:08:12Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/9 "2008-08-29T06:41:21Z")
BAD FUCKING ASS. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/10 "2008-08-29T06:43:03Z")
ok, makes sense now. I was under the impression they were demonstrating actual computing power. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/11 "2008-08-29T06:46:28Z")
> [@Penfold](#): > > ok, makes sense now. I was under the impression they were demonstrating actual computing power. Single cpu vs a bajillion cpus. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/12 "2008-08-29T06:46:51Z")
thats pretty cool :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/13 "2008-08-29T08:06:09Z")
lol thats great! ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/14 "2008-08-29T17:49:15Z")
pixel pipelines Yo!!! ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mythbusters-paint-the-mona-lisa/54072/15 "2008-08-29T18:15:51Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! > > ??? Here we come to save the motherfuckin day yeah!!!"