Howdy ya'll,
What type of hardware runs structural analysis software the fastest?
I'm a noob so please explain like I'm 5. I'm specifically curious about running Midas Civil. https://en.midasuser.com/product/civil_overview.asp
Some of my complex bridge rating models take as long as 15 hours to run and produce over 100 GB of data. The record in my office is over 400 GBs for one bridge!! The computers at work are powerful-ish with i7 processors and 32 GB of memory and SSDs. If I had say $3,000 to spend could I build a machine that could cut the processing time in half? What would it look like? Would it be similar to a mining machine or 4k video editing machine? Do I need a CPU with as many cores as possible for this type of computing?
This is all that Midas provided as far as system requirements.
CPU
Pentium IV or better performing PC processor (Pentium IV 3GHz or greater recommended)
Memory (RAM)
1GB (2GB or greater recommended)
HDD Space
5 GB (30GB or greater recommended)
Video Memory
128 MB or greater
Video Card
GeForce NVIDIA type video card recommended (On-board video card is not recommended.)
System RecommendationsIn general, better system will make the analysis and software performance smoother and faster.
(higher memory Ram, local drive storage, etc.) There are system recommendations :
System Recommendations
Operating System
- 64 bit operating system - If the system can handle GPU, that is even better.
HDD Type
SSD (Solid State Drive)
Graphic Card
NVIDIA G-Force Line Graphic card
