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[AWIPS #FIM-712799]: AWIPS-II with AMD GPU

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #FIM-712799]: AWIPS-II with AMD GPU
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:41:39 -0600
Hi Warren,

We have had good luck using AMD graphics cards for CAVE, and I understand that 
the OpenGL 2.0 requirement is really the most important thing.  We've 
configured laptops using AMD cards (I forgot which) for our software training 
workshop at UCAR, but recently at a regional workshop I had to devise a 
workaround to use AMD cards, which entailed removing the latest driver 
installing a previous version of fglrx64 using an EL repo.

But I can't say more about this particular card until we just see if it runs 
with CAVE.

-Michael


> We are trying to bring our meteorology lab computers up to spec with AWIPS-II 
> requirements in the event we acquire a EDEX server in the future. Our 
> university IT folks use AMD for some reason and sent us the following specs 
> asking if it would work as a replacement for the NVIDIA specs. My response 
> would be that it is taking a risk, but I wanted to see what you all at 
> Unidata had to say:
> 
> AMD Radeon R7 250
> 
> GPU Architecture - 28nm
> API Support9 - DirectX® 12, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL(tm)
> PCI Express® Version - 3.0
> AMD PowerTune Technology - Yes
> 4K Resolution Support - Yes (4K60 SST or MST)
> DDMA Audio - Yes
> HDMI (With 4K, Stereo 3D, Deep Color & x.v.Color(tm)) - Yes
> TrueAudio Technology - No
> AMD Eyefinity Technology (Maximum displays) - 2-31
> Video Codec Engine (VCE) (with H.264, MPEG-4 ASP, MPEG-2, VC-1 & Blu-ray 3D) 
> - No
> GPU Clock Speed - Up to 1.05GHz
> Memory Bandwidth - Up to 72 GB/s
> Memory Amount - Up to 2GB GDDR5 or DDR3
> Stream Processing Units - Up to 512
> Required Power Supply Connectors - N/A
> AMD CrossFire® Support (Maximum number of GPUs and CrossFire Bridge 
> Interconnect required) - 2, no
> Form Factor - Full height, dual or single slot
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -Warren
> 
> 
> Warren Pettee
> Meteorologist - Research Assistant
> Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
> University of North Carolina at Charlotte
> 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223
> address@hidden | 336.257.9239
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FIM-712799
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: High
Status: Open