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<span>Thanks again, this is very useful.</span></div>
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<span>Best wishes</span></div>
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<span>John</span></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Takanori Nakane <tnakane@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 02 December 2019 12:06<br>
<b>To:</b> Ioannis Vakonakis <ioannis.vakonakis@bioch.ox.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu <3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [3dem] GPU advice for Relion</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi,<br>
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2080 Ti has 11 GB and RELION can process up to 512 px box with pad 2<br>
and 1024 px box with pad 1. Cards with 8 GB RAM are also OK for<br>
most projects but you might struggle running multibody refinement.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Takanori Nakane<br>
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> Hi Takanori,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the quick reply. Even the top-end gaming cards (e.g. nVidia RTX<br>
> 2080 Super) max to about 8 or 10GB, if memory serves right. Would that<br>
> amount of memory be sufficient, or what card would you recommend?<br>
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> Best wishes<br>
><br>
> John<br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: Takanori Nakane <tnakane@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk><br>
> Sent: 02 December 2019 11:31<br>
> To: Ioannis Vakonakis <ioannis.vakonakis@bioch.ox.ac.uk><br>
> Cc: 3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu <3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu><br>
> Subject: Re: [3dem] GPU advice for Relion<br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> GTX 1660Ti has only 6 GB of VRAM.<br>
> I don't recommend this unless your box is very small.<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> Takanori Nakane<br>
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>> Dear colleagues,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking for advice on building a workstation for general compute<br>
>> tasks<br>
>> as well as cryo-EM data analysis. Specifically, I was wondering if<br>
>> anyone<br>
>> has comparative experience on nVidia's RTX 20x0 line of cards versus the<br>
>> GTX 1660Ti line. It seems to me that the GTX is a bit better<br>
>> (performance<br>
>> / $ and performance / watt) in regular compute benchmarks, but how do<br>
>> they<br>
>> compare on Relion? Otherwise, what would your GPU recommendation be?<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards<br>
>><br>
>> John Vakonakis<br>
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