... I am guessing that speeding up the last 10% would not be a major time gain?
The comment you quoted was written a long time ago when the app behaved differently to what happens today. If I remember correctly, the followup stage used to take around 20-40 seconds. These days there is hardly any delay at all - as you have noted.
A high double precision capability will have essentially no effect on crunch time.
I saw a previous-gen AMD video card with a huge Double Precision # but "average" Floating Point. And the price was within reach if it would have made a difference. Thank you for confirming my hunch that for E@H it would have been a waste of time/money.
Tom M
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Gary Roberts wrote: Tom M
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I saw a previous-gen AMD video card with a huge Double Precision # but "average" Floating Point. And the price was within reach if it would have made a difference. Thank you for confirming my hunch that for E@H it would have been a waste of time/money.
Tom M
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor)