I assume that Fractint can only run on one of the cores at a time. Can you run multiple simultaneous instantiations of Fractint and have each render part of the image? Is the Windows version multi threaded? Is there a Linux version? I have a new Dell server with quad 6 core processors that is waiting to go into a new instrument but could be diverted at night during development and during the day when installed ;=) Marco ________________________________________________________________ Marc Reinig Phone: (831) 459-4362 Laboratory for Adaptive Optics Fax: (831) 459-2298 UCO/Lick Email: mreinig@ucolick.org University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064
-----Original Message----- From: fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractint- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Paul N. Lee Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 4:27 PM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Fractint] Deep_JIN
Mike Frazier wrote:
Trying to read the comment about machine - is that really 2 quad-core Xeons?
Yes, it has 8 cores total. .....I knew it would be faster with more cores. Two years old and it's already obsolete.
Sounds similar to one I got in December 2008:
Dell Precision Workstation T7400 - 64bit Two Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors X5482 (3.20GHz,2X6M L2,1600) 16GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, ECC (4 DIMMS) C6 All SATA drives, RAID 0 Two 160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drives with 8MB DataBurst Cache 512MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX3700, Dual Monitor DVI Capable Two Dell 24 inch UltraSharp 2408WFP Widescreen Monitors
Still quite fast and powerful, but like most machines, they become outdated within six months.
Sincerely, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/
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