Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 03:33:42PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > Hello, > usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to > build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the > calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. > > So anyone have

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread deloptes
Martin Read wrote: > No, they do not work "perfectly" for the older cards, unless you have > extremely undemanding requirements. On my AMD machine with integrated > graphics, Europa Universalis IV's framerate was acceptable with the > proprietary driver, but intolerable with the free driver - and

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread deloptes
Felix Miata wrote: > >> so linux friendly that they dropped support for older cards in newer >> kernels, so that our older computers render unusable > > Which older cards are unsupported by either ati and/or modesetting FOSS > drivers? All my Radeon and FireGL still work. I've never needed a >

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 03:52:38PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 12/07/17 03:33 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: > >Hello, > >usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to > >build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the > >calculations would be perfect

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:39:38PM -0500, Doug wrote: [...] > Why hobble yourself? the NVidia software is designed by the company > and works. Why not use it? Get the best out of your expensive video > card! It's called foresight and social

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-13 Thread Martin Read
On 13/07/17 04:34, Gary Dale wrote: They didn't drop support for the older cards. The open source drivers work perfectly for them. No, they do not work "perfectly" for the older cards, unless you have extremely undemanding requirements. On my AMD machine with integrated graphics, Europa

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/17 08:15 PM, deloptes wrote: Gary Dale wrote: My preference is always to AMD for the simple reasons that they are more Linux-friendly and, as the number 2 company, need to be supported to ensure that computing doesn't become a monopoly. They are second behind Intel in chip sales and

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/07/17 12:49, Felix Miata wrote: AMD puts its effort directly into FOSS rather than proprietary. It gets my vote. From five years ago, but still a gem: Linus Torvalds on nVidia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 12 July 2017 20:15:42 deloptes wrote: > Gary Dale wrote: > > My preference is always to AMD for the simple reasons that they are > > more Linux-friendly and, as the number 2 company, need to be > > supported to ensure that computing doesn't become a monopoly. They > > are second

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Felix Miata
deloptes composed on 2017-07-13 02:15 (UTC+0200): > Gary Dale wrote: >> My preference is always to AMD for the simple reasons that they are more >> Linux-friendly and, as the number 2 company, need to be supported to >> ensure that computing doesn't become a monopoly. They are second behind >>

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread deloptes
Gary Dale wrote: > My preference is always to AMD for the simple reasons that they are more > Linux-friendly and, as the number 2 company, need to be supported to > ensure that computing doesn't become a monopoly. They are second behind > Intel in chip sales and second behind NVidia in graphics

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Matthew Crews
If you plan on using AMD cards for non-gaming calculations, I would verify your software is compatible. Most likely it is. nVidia has been known to make it difficult to perform CUDA type calculations on their gaming oriented cards. For that reason I would probably lean AMD.

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Doug
On 07/12/2017 02:33 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: Hello, usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. So anyone have any suggestions for graphic

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 12/07/2017 21:33, Henning Follmann wrote: Hello, usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. So anyone have any suggestions for graphic cards

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Gary Dale
On 12/07/17 03:33 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: Hello, usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. So anyone have any suggestions for graphic

Re: Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Brian
On Wed 12 Jul 2017 at 15:33:42 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > Hello, > usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to > build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the > calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. > > So anyone have any

Suggestions AMD or NVidia

2017-07-12 Thread Henning Follmann
Hello, usually I do not really care about graphic power, however I am planning to build a new machine for Monte Carlo simulations. And part of the calculations would be perfect for offloading to a GPU. So anyone have any suggestions for graphic cards (which preferably are supported by debian). I