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CUDA etc.

  • 17-08-2009 05:04PM
    #1
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,523 ✭✭✭


    Howdy,

    I was wondering if it was possible to get existing software to take advantage of the processing power of graphics cards? Or does the software have to be specifically coded for this to work?


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,484 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Howdy,

    I was wondering if it was possible to get existing software to take advantage of the processing power of graphics cards? Or does the software have to be specifically coded for this to work?

    CUDA is a separate API and needs to be written for.


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Programs have been made to take advantage of the power of teraflops before,

    http://kairosnews.org/russians-use-nvidia-card-to-crack-wpa-wp

    Ingenious really. There is a huge amount of power available in GPUs compared to CPUs.


  • #4
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,523 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Cheers guys, was just curious as some of the sims i have run, split across 3 machines can take 5 days to run, so 15 days in total if i did it on one machine!


  • #5
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    well if you can figure it out: it is possible.


  • #6
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,523 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Overheal wrote: »
    well if you can figure it out: it is possible.

    Cheers Overheal, now where did i put "Learn to code" subliminal night time audio tape...

    Cheers lads, that cleared things up anyways


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  • #7
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I use matlab for coding/scripting. Its a pretty easy language to learn.
    There are currently a couple of plugin toolboxes that allow you to use CUDA within Matlab:
    http://www.accelereyes.com/ (paytard)
    and
    http://www.gp-you.org./ (freetard)


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