[gmx-users] parallel in duals?

[David van der Spoel]

Jones de Andrade wrote:
> Ok, I know this subject have been discussed in the past.
> 
> But I started to wander if the basic conclusion (do not use in parallel, 
> you should rather use on job for each core) is still up, and if it is, 
> if there is any hope of change in a foresight future, as well on how 
> much real loss is observed from running one process in parallel when 
> compared to two at the same time.
Just try it and you know. Somone reported good performance with 
hyperhtreading recently (was it you?)

> 
> I'm wondering about this subject due to the arise of the core 2 duo, as 
> well the expected quad cores from amd and intel and the, semmingly 
> "affordable", dual processor motherboards from AMD for both dual and 
> quad-cores.
> 
> Thanks you all,
> 
> Jones
> 
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