Suitable PC Spec

[davidmansfield81]

Hi,

We have been using IES VE for a few years now, and our biggest problem is always the amount of time it take to run simulations.
We have long waits when running Apache Sim, VE compliance & Suncast simulations on our high rise residential blocks.

Does anyone have experience on what computer runs these fastest. The current computers we use are i7's with large amounts of RAM and SSD hard drives.

Has anyone had any experience using Xeon processors for IES and compared to other processors?

[PCully]

Hi,

We're currently exploring multi-core (and cloud) support for the more intensive calcs in VE. We've to multicore support for SunCast running in beta inhouse just now and the results are great, plan is to target Apache simulations next after this gets released.

So you might want to hold off a little bit until you see what the performance is like with these kinds of changes as I'm confident it will be less of a problem for you.

Phil

[davidmansfield81]

Hi Phil,

Multicore support I would imagine will make a big difference to our calculations, all our IES machines are Corei7 so it will be nice to see the changes that makes to the wait times.

Cloud calculations would also be a nice option to have, or even network calculations!

Thank you for your response.

[Marc Jensen]

Hi David,

I have run IES on a low end and mid range laptop and on a high end workstation.

At the moment IES does not have full support of the hyper threading throughout the modules however once that is implemented as always the better your computer the faster and easier it is to create and simulate your models. Especially if you show clients the suncast models with shading etc.
Whilst I have spent a few months on each different option even though there is a small difference in simulation times apart from the optimised modules I would still recommend a decent PC for creating the models and troubleshooting.


I am a sucker for big screens too.