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Re: Mathematica 8

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  • Subject: [mg114074] Re: Mathematica 8
  • From: Syd Geraghty <sydgeraghty at me.com>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:41:09 -0500 (EST)

Truxton,

Thanks for the input below. That is not what I would have expected at all f=
or the latest Apple products.

The documentation for supported CUDA Hardware at:

http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/CUDALink/tutorial/Reference.html

indicates that the nVidia hardware supports most recent GeForce family of p=
roducts (but not GeForce 320M).

"GPU Hardware

CUDALink is supported on all hardware that has CUDA support. If you are not=
 sure of the name of your graphics card, you can see the section on Graphic=
s Card Information.

The following hardware is currently supported.

GeForce: GeForce GTS 480, GeForce GTS 470, GeForce GTS 465, GeForce GTS 460=
, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeFor=
ce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 2=
20, GeForce G210, GeForce GTS 150, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce =
G100, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX+, GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce 9800 G=
T, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9400GT, GeFo=
rce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForc=
e 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400=
 GS, GeForce 9400 mGPU, GeForce 9300 mGPU, GeForce 8300 mGPU, GeForce 8200 =
mGPU, and GeForce 8100 mGPU.

	=95 GeForce Mobile: GeForce GTX 480M, GeForce GTX 470M, GeForce GTX 460M, =
GeForce GTX 445M, GeForce GTX 435M, GeForce GTX 425M, GeForce GTX 420M, GeF=
orce GTX 415M, GeForce GTX 285M, GeForce GTX 280M, GeForce GTX 260M, GeForc=
e GTS 260M, GeForce GTS 250M, GeForce GTS 160M, GeForce GTS 150M, GeForce G=
T 240M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 130M, GeForce G210M, GeForce G110M, GeF=
orce G105M, GeForce G102M, GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce 9800M GT, GeForce 980=
0M GTS, GeForce 9800M GS, GeForce 9700M GTS, GeForce 9700M GT, GeForce 9650=
M GS, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 9600M GS, GeForce 9500M GS, GeForce 9500M G=
, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9300M GS, GeForce 9300M G, GeForce 9200M GS, GeF=
orce 9100M G, GeForce 8800M GTS, GeForce 8700M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForc=
e 8600M GS, GeForce 8400M GT, and GeForce 8400M GS."

The latest information link at nVidia referenced by WRI is:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_gpus.html

NVIDIA GeForce Notebook GPUs

CUDA ENABLED GEFORCE PRODUCTS
GeForce GTX 480M
GeForce GTX 470M
GeForce GTX 460M
GeForce GT 445M
GeForce GT 435M
GeForce GT 425M
GeForce GT 420M
GeForce GT 415M
GeForce GTX 285M
GeForce GTX 280M
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce GTS 360M
GeForce GTS 350M
GeForce GTS 260M
GeForce GTS 250M
GeForce GTS 160M
GeForce GTS 150M
GeForce GT 335M
GeForce GT 330M
GeForce GT 325M
GeForce GT 240M
GeForce GT 230M
GeForce GT 130M
GeForce G210M
GeForce G110M
GeForce G105M
GeForce G102M
GeForce 310M
GeForce 305M
GeForce 9800M GTX
GeForce 9800M GT
GeForce 9800M GTS
GeForce 9800M GS
GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce 9700M GT
GeForce 9650M GS
GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 9600M GS
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M G
GeForce 9400M G
GeForce 9300M GS
GeForce 9300M G
GeForce 9200M GS
GeForce 9100M G
GeForce 8800M GTS
GeForce 8700M GT
GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 8400M GT
GeForce 8400M GS

Looks like it supports all the mobile GPUs except GeForce 320M (unfortunate=
ly yours)!

On Nov 20, 2010, at 3:29 PM, truxton spangler wrote:

> Syd I have a one month old Macbook Pro with an Nvidia GPU but CUDAlink
> doesn't seem to like this particular card (the standard GPU shipping
> with this model mac, GeForce 320M)
>
> In== CUDAQ[]
> Out:== False
>
> So it looks like this must work only on selected nvidia cards???



Commiserations  .... Syd

Syd Geraghty B.Sc, M.Sc.

sydgeraghty at mac.com

Mathematica 8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (November 6, 2010)
MacOS X V 10.6.5 Snow Leopard
MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo  2GB RAM


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