Re: [TRNSYS-users] Quicker processing speeds?

[Janne Ilari Paavilainen <jip@du.se>]

Hi again!

Just wanted to add one thing to my previous mail:
About the "faster is better" what comes to processor speed. You cannot simply
compare only the GHz number of different processors when comparing different
processor families (and manufacturers). When the processor architecture
changes, the processor clock-speed is not the only factor affecting the "real"
processor speed. So if you really need to optimize price vs. processor speed,
then you have to google and compare the bench mark test results for processors
of different families and manufacturers.

(To some people this might be obvious, but just wanted to point that out.)

Regards
Janne




Quoting "Charron, Rémi" <remi.charron@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca>:

> Hello,
> I am currently running TRNSYS with using a computer with a 3.2 GHz 
> prcoessor with 512 MB of RAM.  It takes approximately 100 seconds to 
> run a simulation.  This is a reasonable amount of time, except that I 
> am running TRNSYS with an optimisation program and am requiring to 
> perform thousands of TRNSYS simulations per run.  I am thinking of 
> getting a quicker computer or workstation to help speed TRNSYS up.  
> Has anyone had experience running TRNSYS using duel core processors 
> or other high performance computers or workstations?  If so, what 
> have been your experiences?  Can the computation time be 
> significantly reduced with the use of a more powerful computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rémi Charron
> Research Officer
> Photovoltaic and Hybrid System Program
> CANMET Energy Technology Centre
> 1615 Lionel-Boulet Blvd, P.O. Box 4800, J3X 1S6
> Varennes, Quebec
> Tel: (450) 652-7948, Fax: (450) 652-5177
> http://cetc-varennes.nrcan.gc.ca