[gmx-users] Installing GTX 980 on linux - which distro should i use?

[Carsten Kutzner]

Hi Carlos,

we are mostly using Scientific Linux (v. 6.4) .

Carsten


On 22 Dec 2014, at 17:47, Carlos Navarro Retamal <cnavarro at utalca.cl> wrote:

> Dear gromacs users,  
> First of all, if this question doesn’t belong here please feel free to erase it from the mailist.
> I just bought a workstation with 2 GTX 980 (in order to improve my simulations on gromacs), but i’m not able to install it properly.
> I first start with Centos 7, but my motherboard has an issue with this version, so i couldn’t pass the boot step.
> Since i’m not an expert, i tried with Ubuntu (14.04 and 14.10), without luck (when i installed the drivers of the GTX in order to install the cuda toolkit all the icons from the desktop disappear).
> I’m constantly seeing  threads where people discuss their bencharmks (or their opinions) regarding this graphic card, so i want to know: in which linux distro did you installed gromacs in order to work the GTX 980?  
> Kind regards,
> Carlos
> --  
> Carlos Navarro Retamal
> Bioinformatic engineer
> Ph.D(c) in Applied Science, Universidad de Talca, Chile
> Center of Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulations (CBSM)
> Universidad de Talca
> 2 Norte 685, Casilla 721, Talca - Chile   
> Teléfono: 56-71-201 798,  
> Fax: 56-71-201 561
> Email: carlos.navarro87 at gmail.com or cnavarro at utalca.cl
> 
> -- 
> Gromacs Users mailing list
> 
> * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before posting!
> 
> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
> 
> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.


--
Dr. Carsten Kutzner
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
Tel. +49-551-2012313, Fax: +49-551-2012302
http://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/grubmueller/kutzner
http://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/grubmueller/sppexa