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On 03/03/16 12:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 02 March 2016 21:44:29 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> If you need 64-bit FP compute, AMD Radeon is your only choice. NVidia |
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>> only supports 32-bit FP and cripples 64-bit FP on consumer cards, |
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>> rendering them virtually useless; you'd have to buy a "professional" |
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>> card (thousands of dollars). |
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>> So you might want to check whether your applications need 64-bit FP or |
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>> 32-bit. |
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> So for flexibility in the future it looks like AMD Firepro or similar. (I |
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> assume your comments on Radeon will also apply to Firepro.) |
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Be careful not to buy a firepro that is as expensive (or more expensive) |
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than a radeon card, but with lower performance. |
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You need to make sure what the compute speed is compared to other card |
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before you buy. |
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