Hi, On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 4:29 PM Jernej Zidar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I’ve been testing the first beta of the upcoming Gromacs 2018, where one of > the main features is the ability to run compute PME on GPUs. I tried it and > it runs well. > On behalf of the team, thanks! > My question is: Would it make sense to get a bitcoin mining rig (4,5 Nvidia > cards, slow CPU) to run simulations in place of the typical dual Xeon > workstation with CUDA cards? > Ultimately, yes, but for 2018 how feasible this is will depend on your system size, composition, and whether you are running algorithms like free-energy calculations or pulling. Even in favourable cases, you will still want something like 2-4 decently strong cores per GPU. So we are more in the regime where you can add some more GPUs to an old box, rather than plan to buy one with only a cheap GPU. Mark > Thanks! > > Jernej > -- > Gromacs Users mailing list > > * Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before > posting! > > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > > * For (un)subscribe requests visit > https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or > send a mail to [email protected]. -- Gromacs Users mailing list * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before posting! * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists * For (un)subscribe requests visit https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or send a mail to [email protected].
