{"id":381494,"date":"2024-09-04T07:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T07:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/gpu-list-for-ansys-discovery-explore-mode\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T07:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T07:03:55","slug":"gpu-list-for-ansys-discovery-explore-mode","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/gpu-list-for-ansys-discovery-explore-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"GPU List for Ansys Discovery Explore Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>Dear Support,<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>I’ve read some topics about GPU capability in Discovery Forum, and here are the links.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n

    <li class=”MsoNormal” style=”mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;”><span lang=”EN-US”>Ansys Discovery Hardware Requirements (2024 R2)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n

    <li class=”MsoNormal” style=”mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;”><span lang=”EN-US”>List of Compatible Discovery \/ Discovery Live graphics cards -GPU<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n

    <li class=”MsoNormal” style=”mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;”><span lang=”EN-US”>Discovery Live at the Urban Scale<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n

    <li class=”MsoNormal” style=”mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;”><span lang=”EN-US”>Discovery Live – Finding out Minimum Feature size that can be captured<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n

    <li class=”MsoNormal” style=”mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;”><span lang=”EN-US”>Effects of GPU on Discovery Live<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>It’s clear that the solver capability in Discovery with Explore Mode relies heavily on dedicated GPUs.<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>So I created a discovery project to test it with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, which meets the minimum GPU requirements for Explore Mode.<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>Here are the conditions and results,<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;”><!– [if !supportLists]–><span lang=”EN-US” style=”mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;”><span style=”mso-list: Ignore;”>1.<span style=”font: 7.0pt ‘Times New Roman’;”>      <\/span><\/span><\/span><!–[endif]–><span lang=”EN-US”>Test Model<\/span><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”>\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”mso-no-proof: yes;”><br><!–[endif]–><\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>2. BCs<\/span><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”>\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>3. Test Result_ Max. Fidelity<\/span><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”>\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”><\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>4. Test Model_ Scale Down Model Size<\/span><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”>\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”><\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>5. Test Result_Scale Down Model Size<\/span><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”>\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span style=”font-family: ‘PMingLiU’,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;”><\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>With GTX 1650 Ti, I tested several model sizes to find the minimum fidelity size to meet the 1-mm gap. In this test, I got a ratio of about 200 between the largest edge size and minimum fidelity size.<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>Based on this test result, it becomes more convenient for me to know the limit of this GPU capability for modeling. <\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>According to the information and test results above, extracting a small model or using a higher-level GPU could yield a more accurate model feature and result.<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”>I would like to request a list of GPUs suitable for Ansys Discovery Explore Mode in 2024 R2. The list should provide details such as minimum fidelity size, ratio, and result accuracy, etc.<\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”><\/span><\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”> <\/p><p class=”MsoNormal”><span lang=”EN-US”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: ‘Aptos’,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ‘Times New Roman’; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;”>Best Regards.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-381494","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["15374","2327"],"_bbp_author_ip":["114.32.150.126"],"_btv_view_count":["5687"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["15374","15374","15374","15374"],"_bbp_topic_id":["381494"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["2327","15374"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["382106"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["382106"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-09-10 07:16:32"]},"test":"kinanxpert-com-tw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/381494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/381494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}