Hi, They might be, but please be aware that nearly all scientific applications use OpenGL for drawing and 3D. Many games use DirectX, an MS standard, for that. The capabilities differ by standard (OpenGL vs DirectX), hardware (NVidia GeForce, NVidia Quadro, AMD, Intel, etc) and operating system.
Cheers, -- Jason On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:15 PM, S K <alek6...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > aren't the current gaming monitors all (or mostly) 120 Hz? At least > companies like alianware sell GeForce together with 120 Hz monitors. > > A > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Jason Vertrees < > jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com> wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Thanks for asking before buying. You've avoided a common mistake. >> >> If you want to do 120 Hz stereoscopic 3D you must have a Quadro card. >> GeForce cards, even the really expensive ones, are made for games (and >> DirectX) not science. I've seen people pay upwards of $1000 for a >> top-of-the-line GeForce card only to be disappointed to find out it won't >> do in-window and full-screen OpenGL stereoscopic 3D like a $99 Quadro card >> will. >> >> If you're using passive 3D, like anaglyph or Zalman, then a GeForce card >> should be capable. I've run both off a MacBook Pro before just fine. >> >> Last, here's http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Stereo_3D_Display_Optionsthe >> discussion on the PyMOLWiki from our users. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- Jason >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Alex Kavian <alek6...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I have an off-toptic question about Graphics card. My searches on >>> pymolwiki and ccp4bb archives resulted in the following conclusion: Coot >>> and pymol are not compatible with the new GeForce graphics cards. Hoewver, >>> most of the posts I found were from 2009 and 2010. Does anyone here have >>> any experience with GeForce 660 or 680 for stereo applications of Coot, >>> Pymol or UCSF chimera? Will quadro cards work equally smooth in the stereo >>> mode of these programs? Do 3D applications put too much pressure on the >>> Graphics card which would justify installing dual Graphics card? (not sure >>> if is relevant, but just for the record, we want to buy passive 3D monitor >>> due to the budget restrictions). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alex >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jason Vertrees, PhD >> Director of Core Modeling Product Management >> Schrödinger, Inc. >> >> (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com >> (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 >> > > -- Jason Vertrees, PhD Director of Core Modeling Product Management Schrödinger, Inc. (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120
