[gmx-users] what's the differences between double precise version and single precise?

[Justin A. Lemkul]

DreamCatcher wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>      I am wondering about the differences between the two precises 
> version.Can somebody give me some advice about that under what condition 
> should I take the double precise version and when to choose the other 
> one? What's the big differences between them? Can I try to install two 
> different versions on the same computer? Will this operation make any 
> big bugs? Then how to fix them?

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Precision

You can install two versions on the same machine without any problem, just make 
sure to use, for example --program-suffix=_d when compiling double precision to 
avoid overwriting single-precision executables.  For the vast majority of cases, 
single precision suffices.

-Justin

>       Thanks in advance!
>                                                                               
>   celeste
>                                                                             
>   20100326
> 

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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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