On 10:55 Mon 23 May , Aaron Greenwood wrote: > It has been awhile since I have purchased hardware for > crystallographic research. I am asking for recommendations for > setting up hardware stereo with Coot under Linux. > > 1. What flat screen monitors would you suggest to replace existing > CRT monitors now being used with nVidia cards using quad buffered > stereo, emitters and 3D glasses?
We just followed the recommendations on the Nvidia 3D Vision site <http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-pro-requirements.html>, and we're quite happy with the results. Specifically, we have the 22" Samsung 2233RZ. If we did it again, we might get a bigger monitor (maybe 26" if we could find one) but that's about all we'd change. > 2. Starting from scratch what monitor, graphics card, emitter and > 3D glasses would you suggest. For emitter/glasses/monitor, the Nvidia 3D Vision and recommended LCDs work great. They do require a fairly recent Quadro, unfortunately, which will run at least $200–$300 more (the Quadro FX 3700 or newer on Linux, with a 3-pin stereo DIN port <http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-pro-requirements.html>). If you're budget-conscious, Ebay can be a good source for the older supported cards. I've also found reasonably priced ones using Google Shopping. > 3. Have you had experience setting up multi-seat configurations, that > is where a single computer supports multiple independent users at > the same time. Each user will have a monitor, keyboard, emitter, > 3D glasses and mouse. I believe I saw this done at SSRL or > possibly ALS many years ago using an SGI machines to support two > fitting stations. I know it has been done using Linux using multi > core CPUs. Just asking. Multiseat tends to be very painful to set up and quite fragile if you ever touch the configuration or attempt to upgrade any part of the hardware or software. This is mainly because people who want it rarely have the money to pay to support it. I'd recommend avoiding it all all costs. -- Thanks, Donnie Donald S. Berkholz, Ph.D. Research Fellow James R. Thompson lab, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering Grazia Isaya lab, Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Mayo Clinic _____________________ Medical Sciences 2-66 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 office: 507-538-6924 cell: 612-991-1321
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