From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 09 2010 - 18:03:38 CST
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Francesco Pietra <chiendarret_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Stimulated by the benchmarks at
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/namd_on_tesla.html, I am wondering
> whether it would be possible (and worth while) to modify single-node
> UMA-type mainboards for TESLA . Specifically a Supermicro H8QCE (4
> dual-core opterons 875, 24GB RAM, 1000W power source) and a Tyan S2895
> (two dual-core opterons 265, 8GB RAM, 600W power source). Of course in
> view of NAMD simulations.
how many cards to you want to stick into those?
how many PCI-e Gen2.0 slots do you have?
..and room for double width full length cards?
how many PCI-e six/eight pin connectors?
also, i'd expect your power budget to be pretty slim for anything but
just a single card, which is particularly pointless for the larger machine.
specifically adding a single tesla would be a waste. for development
a GTX 285/275/260 does it just as well for a fraction of the price.
better to get a proper mainboard, case and power supply
and ram 3-4 decent GPUs into it, which is impossible in your case.
axel.
> Thanks for encouraging (possibly with references) of killing a bad idea.
>
> francesco pietra
>
>
-- Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/akohlmey/ Institute for Computational Molecular Science Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
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