Excellent argument, makes me regret getting the '70 instead of the '80
for my i9-based linux laptop.
On 4/19/19 5:05 AM, Carlos Simmerling wrote:
> Also don't forget that the fixed cost of the rest of the machine is added
> to the per-gpu price. With slower GPUs you're adding the same fixed price
> (maybe 1/2 or 1/4 of the node cost) to a slower gpu, making the cost per ns
> even less favorable with a slower gpu.
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 5:28 PM David Cerutti <dscerutti.gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I should work just fine; run the test suit after installing, then
>> benchmarks. Personally my recommendation would be to get RTX-2080Tis :
>> within the GTX and RTX hardware lines, you tend to get what you pay for:
>> more FLOPS for more $, roughly in proportion to the cost. If you got
>> Tesla, you pay way more per ns of MD, but you get support for your cluster
>> and other things not so immediately obvious with the gaming cards. But, as
>> I said, with the gaming cards if you're getting more ns of MD for spending
>> proportionately more money, wouldn't you want the fastest card before the
>> payoff starts to diminish? Your human time is valuable as well, and you
>> don't want to wait on results any longer than you need to.
>>
>> Don't scrimp on your hardware unless it's a fundamental shift in your
>> apparatus (i.e. switching to T4s on a completely different server
>> configuration and power budget).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 4:30 PM Yeyue Xiong <xiongyy.vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I have a quick question about GPU RTX-2070. Our group is currently
>> looking
>>> to upgrade some of our workstations and the RTX-2070 seems a good choice,
>>> but on this link <http://ambermd.org/GPUHardware.php> RTX-2070 is listed
>>> as
>>> supported (untested). We are a bit confused about whether it will work
>> with
>>> AMBER.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any experience with running AMBER on RTX-2070? Are there
>> any
>>> issues using that card?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Yeyue Xiong
>>>
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>>> Department of Computer Science;
>>> Engineering Mechanics,
>>> Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,
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