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Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine [message #63043 is a reply to message #63042]

Thu, 23 October 2008 14:39

Michael Galloy
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Registered: April 2006

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On Oct 23, 11:27 am, b_...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> The results are impressive. I ran all the "demos" and the difference
>> is about 21-24 X! I can't wait to try to do some "real" work using
>
> Has anyone benchmarked this on a graphics card that doesn't cost more
> than a high-end PC? It would be interesting to know what kind of
> performance gain can be achieved, if any, with consumer graphics
> hardware (i.e. in the $300 to $500 range) relative to a normal mid-
> range PC (~$1500).

Running the benchmark demo on a Quadro FX 570, which costs around $139
- $250, shows about a 10x speedup. Also see Mort's results at
http://fwenvi-idl.blogspot.com/, he has a GeForce 8600 GT (about $100
- $150).

IDL> @bench
% Compiled module: GPUINIT.
% Loaded DLM: GPULIB.
% Compiled module: GPUFLTARR.
% Compiled module: GPUMAKE_ARRAY.
% Compiled module: GPUGETHANDLE.
% Compiled module: GPUHANDLE__DEFINE.
% Compiled module: GPUPUTARR.
% Compiled module: GPULGAMMA.
0.756607 2.33993 0.196372 0.516154 0.0442747
0.839950
% Compiled module: GPUGETARR.
0.756607 2.33993 0.196372 0.516154 0.0442747
0.839950
CPU Time = 0.81534410
GPU Time = 0.075078964
Speedup = 10.859821

IDL> err = cudaGetDeviceProperties(prop, 0)
IDL> print, prop.name
Quadro FX 570

Mike
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		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: russell.grew on Thu, 23 October 2008 16:53
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: Vince Hradil on Thu, 23 October 2008 14:56
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 23 October 2008 14:39
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: David Fanning on Thu, 23 October 2008 14:12
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: Mort Canty on Thu, 23 October 2008 13:57
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: b_gom on Thu, 23 October 2008 10:27
		Re: GPULib on my 64-bit WinXP machine By: b_gom on Mon, 27 October 2008 19:44

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