Not only do you not need a high-end graphics card, you don't even need
the proper graphics drivers installed. When I went to FC13 (upgrade
from FC7, I don't know why), my quadro fx1400 was no longer supported.
It would not work with hardware stereo (emitters/glasses of old). I
went to Zalman monitors and all is great. Frankly, stereo is not needed
as much in a nice bright LCD monitor (very crisp, looks great), but if
you want it, Zalman is the way to go (passive stereo - light glasses, no
hardware requirements beyond the monitor)
Good luck
Dave
On 5/10/2011 12:27 AM, Duangrudee Tanramluk wrote:
Dear Yu,
The graphic card I am using is Nvidia Quadro FX580. If all you want is Pymol
and Coot, you don't need a high-end graphic card.
Some commercial molecular viewer requires a really high-end Quadro graphic
card. If you plan to use those packages on the same machine, you may want to
check their websites for the high quality 3D-stereo before purchasing them.
Cheers,
Duangrudee
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Duangrudee Tanramluk, Ph.D.
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
Puttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170 THAILAND
