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Subject: Re: latest NT graphics cards for ANSYS.... ? inter im result.....
Author: Paul Tallon
Date: 2000-10-24 15:55:00

Mike,

Try /DEMO,100,1 to compare graphics performance.

This will rotate the current display 100 times and print out the data to the
output window.

Paul Tallon
ANSYS Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael W. Hiller [SMTP:mhiller@i...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 3:22 PM
> To: Xansys
> Subject: [xansys] Re: latest NT graphics cards for ANSYS.... ?
> interim result.....

> thanks for all the suggestions last week on video cards.....

> I went with the NVIDIA chipset... less risk than the "newer" chipset we
> discussed.
> rec'd and installed a GeFORCE 32 meg DDR card card card today....
> (check out UBID.COM - - they seem to be selling a lot of VisionTeks and
> the
> prices are lower now than last week - - winning prices now around $179 vs
> $189 last week)

> I wrote a do loop macro to compare my old card (Diamond GL1000Pro) to this
> new one... this macro rotates a large model (70,000 brick45, 2500 volumes)
> and alternates EPLOT and VPLOT. The macro then calculates the DELTACPU
> and
> DELTAWALL (from the benchmark macros! thanks PADT!).

> The deltas are about 25% quicker with the new card.... probably CPU or
> AGPx1
> limited now. The interactive spinning is incredibly faster... virtually
> no
> delay compared to my old card....

> results were even about 2% better with new drivers downloaded from
> Austin////

> picked up another 1% using ANSYS 5.7 beta2.... will be trying it on beta3
> later in week.....

> well this was the best $200 upgrade I ever saw..... maybe do the Quadro
> hack in a couple weeks....

> well thanks for all your suggestions.....

> I did not mean to turn XANSYS into a hardware discussion, but with all the
> consideration being given recently to the batch CPU and Harddrive
> benchmarks, I thought some "interactive" data might be appropriate....
> after all, I think most of us spend the majority of our time in front of
> the
> tube doing preprocessing anyway......
> enuf said....

> take care and regards,

> Michael W. Hiller
> In2 Solutions, Inc.
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> and Design Automation
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