AMBER Archive (2001)

Subject: Dual Origin vs dual Alfa

From: Anton Guliaev (abguliaev_at_lbl.gov)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 18:06:37 CST

Dear Amber Users -- I am currently using dual 225MhzR10K Origin 200 for
my MD simulations. I am looking to upgrade this machine with the dual
360MhzR12K ($9K). Does anybody use this configuration and know how much
would I gain in CPU time (30-40%?)? Also, to my knowledge, dual CPU
Compaq alfa in general outperform the Origin 200 -- is this really true
for Amber calculations? I would appreciate any feedback..
Also, how good is dual 400MhzR12K Octane, compare with dual 225MhzR10K
Origin...

THanks a lot,

Anton

P.S. The benchmarks on Amber page do not cover new 400Mhz or 360Mhz R12K
CPUs 

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