Message: 4
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:58:46 -0800
From: "Daniel E. Sabath" <dsab...@u.washington.edu>
To: Fink Users <fink-us...@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [Fink-users] PyMOL
I've tried PyMOL (molecular modeling software), which now claims to be
accelerated for OpenGL in the new Apple X-windows version, but for me,
rotating protein structures is really slow. I was hoping to get
something approaching free rotation like I get with rasmol. What kind
of performance should I expect? I've tried it on a G4 DP/800 and a 17"
flat panel iMac.
On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 10:38 AM,
wgsc...@chemistry.ucsc.edu wrote:
Are you using OS 10.2.3? You won't derive the benefits of the
acceleration unless you have 10.2.3. Beyond that, I am at a loss. On
my G4 iMac and even on my G3 ibook, x-windows based pymol has gone
from virtually unusable to almost as good as the native version
(which, by the way, can be downloaded here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pymol/pymol-0_84beta-bin-
osx.dmg.gz?download ).
I've cc-ed this to the pymol users list in case others have more
suggestions.\
It turns out that my graphical slowdown was being caused by XBack, my
desktop movie player. This caused too much strain on my graphics card.
Rotating surface structures is still pretty slow, but line or cartoon
structures rotate reasonably well with either the MacOS X native or
X-windows versions.
Thanks,
Dan
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Daniel E. Sabath, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine
Box 357110
Seattle, WA 98195-7110
Phone: (206) 598-6833 Fax: (206) 598-6189
http://www.labmed.washington.edu
