We have made the change to 64 bit computers and indeed it is a bit confusing
to have to think 'twice' (32/64 bits). I guess that the argument can be made
that eventually all computers will be 64 (or more) bit and therefore staying
with 32 bits on a new computer is like holding back 'progress'? :-)
I agree with Kay that (today) there really is not all that much advantage to
running under 64 bit.
We purchased the Intel Fortran compiler so we can compile and optimize CNS. I
did some tests comparing CNS performance when compiled with g77 (which I could
not get to work at all on 64 bit machines), gfortran (works, but not so fast),
and Intel (works and very fast).
We felt that spending the money to purchase an Intel compiler for CNS was
worthwhile. For academics and government they have special rates. All other
programs I have used 'out of the box'.
We use the standard C-compiler. Intel sells those too, but I could not find as
big a difference and saved that money.
Mark
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Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] : Crystallographic Programs on AMD computers
Kay Diederichs wrote:
> > the CPU (AMD versus Intel) does not play any role for crystallographic >
> > computing, but you'll have to decide whether you want to install the >
> > 64bit or the 32bit version of RHEL4.
> 32bit programs run a bit faster on a 64bit operating system, and with a >
> 64bit OS you can run programs which require arrays of more than 3.5 GB >
> (seldomly needed in xtallography), but you will have to install in >
> parallel many 32- and 64bit libraries. This is no problem by itself, but >
> quite confusing at first ...
> So I recommend the 32bit version.
>
Any reccommendation for compilers ( c and fortran)?
Probably a dumb question, but is there any advantage in using the
64-bit-aware intel compilers on an AMD processor?
Ed
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