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Re: 2012 slump?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:38 pm
by Ivoshiee
JimF wrote:With the new Gromacs 4.6 being OpenCL, I think we will necessarily see a lot more support in that area. It will be interesting to see how AMD does in comparison with Nvidia at that time, especially with the new Radeon HD 8000 series coming out before too long.

I think this is an excellent time to not buy a graphics card for Folding.
Why should you buy anything solely for the folding? Just use whatever you are using and if it does fold as well then good, if not then so be it - maybe it will some day or probably not.

Re: 2012 slump?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:55 pm
by JimF
Ivoshiee wrote:
JimF wrote:With the new Gromacs 4.6 being OpenCL, I think we will necessarily see a lot more support in that area. It will be interesting to see how AMD does in comparison with Nvidia at that time, especially with the new Radeon HD 8000 series coming out before too long.

I think this is an excellent time to not buy a graphics card for Folding.
Why should you buy anything solely for the folding?
Because I only use it for Folding. YMMV.