CCL: specifying number of processors for Gaussian03W

From: Ian Hovell <HOVELL..at..cetem.gov.br>
Subject: CCL: specifying number of processors for Gaussian03W
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 15:35:11 -0300

Dear CCLers,

I am running Gaussian03W, which does not support parallel processing, in a windows 2000 environment using a dual processed Dell workstation. Would I see a significate increase in throughput performance if I used a Gaussian03W version which supported parallel processing?

TIA

Ian Hovell - Ph.D.
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