Hi.
I am trying to use the CuSP solver and I have a couple of questions:
1. After I installed CUDA 5.5 and downloaded the .dll file and the cusplibrary-develop.zip from github, what should I do to make them work in Windows?
I found a thread where fmk says the .dll should be placed in the same directory as the OpenSees.exe, however, he mentions something about LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but in the web, all I can find about that it is something for Linux, not Windows.
Has someone made it work and can explain more in more detail?
2. Have you find a performance improvement vs CPU's?
Thanks in advance
CuSP on Windows
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Re: CuSP on Windows
try adding to the PATH (though placing it in same dir as executable or scrit should work)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18.aspx
as for performance, unless you have a good graphic card specially bought for GPU processeing, e.g. NVIDIA TESLA, KEPLER, you could be wasting your time.
note: some companies offer the free use of machines containing these GPUs as a test drive to entice you to buy. On these you can see the benifit (and on these it is as the developers show in their publications).
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18.aspx
as for performance, unless you have a good graphic card specially bought for GPU processeing, e.g. NVIDIA TESLA, KEPLER, you could be wasting your time.
note: some companies offer the free use of machines containing these GPUs as a test drive to entice you to buy. On these you can see the benifit (and on these it is as the developers show in their publications).