[mesa-users] Reccomendations on hardware to run MESA

[Dennis Stello]

Hi Bill et al.

Do you (or anyone else) have any updates on this topic?
I'm in the process of buying a new powerful desktop.

Cheers
Dennis/



On 20/02/2015 4:35 AM, Bill Paxton wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
>
> We're working with the Phi to explore ways to make mesa/star use 100's 
> of hardware threads instead of 10's.  The current Phi is perfect for 
> that sort of exploration, but it is years away from maturing to the 
> point that it is a competitive alternative to today's machines for 
> running mesa/star.  That will change, but not yet.
>
> I don't have extensive knowledge of the current alternatives, but I 
> can report that the workstation I got last year is a great machine for 
> cranking out mesa runs.
>
> It comes with 2 processors, so you have a 20 core machine.  It isn't 
> the option with the most cores, but I think it is the best overall 
> choice.  Unless of course even better things have come along since 
> last year.
>
> Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 Ivy Bridge 2.80 GHz Ten Core 22nm CPU with 25MB 
> L3 Cache, DDR3-1866, 8.00GT/sec QPI, 115W
> Supports Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz
>
> I purchased mine from Microway and they've been very helpful. 
>  (jan.smith at microway.com <mailto:jan.smith at microway.com>)
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
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