Optimising for mathematical/statistical applications?

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Hi.

If you wanted to build a computer for mathematical and statistical
processing using off-the-shelf hardware, what would you use? Are there
any particular processors, memory types, chipsets, configurations, etc.
that display exceptional performance in this respect?

Oh, and not to be a buzzkill, but it would be a great help to me if you
assume a _realistic_ budget when making your recommendations - you can
pick your own definition of "realistic".

(I can't spell out exactly what these applications will be at this
time, but if you need something to shoot for, think SETI@home - a lot
of the processing I need to do will be largely similar, at least in
terms of program logic.)

Thanks,

- David Prokopetz.

 

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Use 64 bit software and an Athlon 64 or Opteron.

http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/17999/2046

sirbob@penguinking.com wrote:

> Hi.
>
> If you wanted to build a computer for mathematical and statistical
> processing using off-the-shelf hardware, what would you use? Are there
> any particular processors, memory types, chipsets, configurations, etc.
> that display exceptional performance in this respect?
>
> Oh, and not to be a buzzkill, but it would be a great help to me if you
> assume a _realistic_ budget when making your recommendations - you can
> pick your own definition of "realistic".
>
> (I can't spell out exactly what these applications will be at this
> time, but if you need something to shoot for, think SETI@home - a lot
> of the processing I need to do will be largely similar, at least in
> terms of program logic.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> - David Prokopetz.

 

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Ok here goes,
The fastest cpu's (within your reason) would be the P4 Xeon cpu's but are a
bit pricey.
Some results -
We will compare this with a standard P4 Northwood @ 3.0Ghz wich has a score
of 1166
A Xeon cpu @ 3.0Ghz will score 1400 ish.
If you want to go all out cpu get a Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHz Extreme Edition
wich will score 1600 ish but you might be a bit pushed to find a mobo to
support it.
If you want mathmatical processing you must double up on your cpus but your
applications must support dual processing.

This site is quite good.
http://www.aspsys.com/hardware/specchart/

<sirbob@penguinking.com> wrote in message
news:1097767924.279651.114970@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi.
>
> If you wanted to build a computer for mathematical and statistical
> processing using off-the-shelf hardware, what would you use? Are there
> any particular processors, memory types, chipsets, configurations, etc.
> that display exceptional performance in this respect?
>
> Oh, and not to be a buzzkill, but it would be a great help to me if you
> assume a _realistic_ budget when making your recommendations - you can
> pick your own definition of "realistic".
>
> (I can't spell out exactly what these applications will be at this
> time, but if you need something to shoot for, think SETI@home - a lot
> of the processing I need to do will be largely similar, at least in
> terms of program logic.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> - David Prokopetz.
>

 

[Spajky]

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On 14 Oct 2004 08:32:04 -0700, sirbob@penguinking.com wrote:

>If you wanted to build a computer for mathematical and statistical
>processing using off-the-shelf hardware, what would you use? Are there
>any particular processors, memory types, chipsets, configurations, etc.
>that display exceptional performance in this respect?

yes a bunch of older cheap parts found on eBay put together :
http://www.bit-tech.net/article/141
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