Thats interesting - i have a dual xeon Boxx also - and was considering upgrading the graphics to a quadro 6000 - possibly even the new 5000. Neil Scholes +44(0) 7977 456 197 www.uvfilms.co.uk On 16 Aug 2012, at 16:51, Jordan Halsey wrote: > I am curious about what tweaking can be done in Houdini to maximize the > potential on the GPU as well. > > I have a quadro 6000 at work on dual Zeons and to tell the truth we are > all disappointed with the cards and their performance. I have always felt > like something is not quite right...the machines are made by Boxx and it > just does not make much sense to me with the quality of all the hardware. > We have tested it along side sli'd 580's and 670's in Touch Designer and > saw better performance on the lower end cards. > > Initially the machine had two Quadro 6000's sli'd > > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Alvaro Castaneda <varomix at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Michael, >> are there any differences when switching?, like the sim been different >> cause is a different >> code, I guess the question is, is there any noticeable difference? >> >> Cheers!! >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Michael O'Brien <mobrien at pixar.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hola~ >>> >>> That's in line with what we are seeing. We try to stay on the GPU for >>> testing, but then go to the CPU for final tweaking. >>> >>> MO >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: sidefx-houdini-list-bounces at sidefx.com [mailto: >>> sidefx-houdini-list- >>>> bounces at sidefx.com] On Behalf Of Nick van Zutphen >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:34 AM >>>> To: sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com >>>> Subject: Re: [Sidefx-houdini-list] open cl and quadro on h12 >>>> >>>> It depends, the computations on the gpu are limited to the VRAM on the >>>> videocard. Compared to your CPU and ram that is quite a limitation. >>>> On my machine the 580gtx 3gb is 30% faster than when I compute a >> similar >>>> sim on the CPU. How ever due to the VRAM limitation I can't go beyond >>>> about 256x256 voxels on the GPU. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> On 16 aug. 2012, at 10:44, zoran arizanovic < >> zoran.arizanovic at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi >>>>> i have a new dual xeon , 96 gb ram machine now built for sim work i >>>>> just need to use it to its maximum and was wondering if this cl would >>>>> speed it up >>>>> >>>>> did anyone have any luck with running cl switch ? >>>>> I have quadro 4000 would this be ok for cl?they say it has fermi >> arch. >>>>> but still when i switch it on i get error what version of drivers are >>>>> you using for this? >>>>> >>>>> i have a new dual xeon , 96 gb ram machine now built for sim work i >>>>> just need to use it to its maximum and was wondering if this cl would >>>>> speed it up >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Zoran Arizanovic >>>>> vfx reel : http://vimeo.com/28605448 >>>>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2902303/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list >>>>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com >>>>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list >>>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com >>>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list >>> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com >>> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list >> Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com >> https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list >> > > > > -- > ** > *Jordan Halsey** > * > maya | houdini | nuke | ae > *www.jordanhalsey.com* > _______________________________________________ > Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list > Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com > https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list > _______________________________________________ Sidefx-houdini-list mailing list Sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com https://lists.sidefx.com:443/mailman/listinfo/sidefx-houdini-list