Savvas, Thank you for aggregating and posting that information. Just so everyone knows, it is possible to do this on a CRT/LCD-dual-headed Mac Pro with the Quadro FX 4500 graphics card. Having recently set this up for myself, I can attest to the fact that "it just works" without mucking with config files. However, the Mac price is signficantly higher because Apple only offers a high-end stereographics solution -- nothing but the best, I guess. Thus, in bottom-line terms:
If you have more time than money, lean toward the Linux-based solution. If your time converts to money, then weigh acquisition costs vs. management costs. If you have more money than time, then lean toward a Mac-based solution. With respect to displays, if you have more money than desk space, and only need a stereo setup for 1-2 people, then you might want to consider the 19" switchable autostereoscopic LCD from DTI: http://www.dti3d.com/component/page,shop.product_details/category_id,1/flypa ge,shop.flypage/product_id,7/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/ This product is both a standard LCD display and a 19" 1280x1024 autostereoscopic unit (true stereo 3D without glasses). I just re-confirmed with one of their engineers over the phone that the $3,695 "Virtual Window 19" equipped with the $195 Display Control Unit (DCU) can accept a standard CRT stereographic video signal from existing 3D applications on existing systems. Thus, for under $4,000 USD, you could potentially eliminate that CRT altogether. (Disclaimer: I have yet to see this unit in action but have heard favorable feedback from a couple of PyMOL users who have seen it). Cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:pymol-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of Savvas Savvides > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 12:20 AM > To: o-i...@o-info.bioxray.dk > Cc: jan.st...@ugent.be; bert.remme...@ugent.be; > pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [PyMOL] SUMMARY: CRT/TFT dual configuration with the > nvidia FX3500 > > Dear colleagues: > > we would like to thank Carsten Schubert, Karin Fritz-Wolf and > Oliver Einsle for reaching out to help us with our > configuration of CRT/LCD dual monitors using an Nvidia FX3500 > under RHEL4. We have now been able to come up with a > Xinerama-based configuration that works really well. Our > configuration provides an extended Desktop between the two > monitors (the CRT is the login > console) on which we can drag windows back and forth without > compromising stereo-capability/quality. Working with two > screens is admittedly quite nice! > > I attach an annotated version of our xorg.conf in which I > provide information and comments via a header and via > additional remarks here and there, hoping that fellow-novices > in dual-monitor configuration will find it useful. > > Best wishes > Savvas > > > ---- > Savvas N. Savvides > Unit for Structural Biology and Biophysics Laboratory for > Protein Biochemistry - Ghent University K.L. Ledeganckstraat > 35 9000 Ghent, BELGIUM > Phone: +32-(0)9-264.51.24 ; +32-(0)472-92.85.19 > Email: savvas.savvi...@ugent.be > http://www.eiwitbiochemie.ugent.be/units_en/structbio_en.html > > >
