From chemistry-request@ccl.net Sat May 7 05:57:34 2005 Received: from main.chemistry.unina.it (main.chemistry.unina.it [143.225.167.251]) by server.ccl.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j479vWcd000900 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 05:57:32 -0400 Received: from localhost by chemistry.unina.it (PMDF V6.2 #30554) with ESMTP id <0IG300J01Z0M80 :a: chemistry.unina.it> for chemistry :a: ccl.net; Sat, 07 May 2005 09:19:34 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 09:19:33 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Cavallo Subject: Opteron or Nocona ? To: chemistry :a: ccl.net Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.0.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on server.ccl.net Hi, we are going to invest some money for a few computers, and we have to make a decision between the AMD-Opterons and the Intel-Nocona. What's better ? We are experienced with the Opterons, but we have no idea about the Noconas... Major codes to run on them will be classical QM packages as ADF, G03, TM, some AIMD as CPMD, and possibly some classical MD as gromacs. Thanks, Luigi