Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-14 Thread Chris Richardson
On the subject of nVidia graphics cards, linux and stereo, I feel I ought to mention the Asus VG278H. This is a 120Hz 27 1920x1080 monitor with a built-in nVidia 3D vision emitter, which comes bundled with a pair of 3D vision glasses. The great thing about the built-in emitter is that it

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-14 Thread Joachim Reichelt
Yes, we have this monitor running fine on a Quadro FX 380. Stereo is perfect using coot, pymol and many other SW. [2262774.741] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [2262774.741] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option Stereo 10 [2262774.741] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option MetaModeOrientation clone

[ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Alex Kavian
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

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Harry Mark Greenblatt
, 2013 9:47 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards 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

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread S K
of Alex Kavian [alek6...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:47 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards Hi there, I have an off-toptic question about Graphics card. My searches on pymolwiki and ccp4bb archives resulted in the following conclusion: Coot

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Jason Vertrees
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

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread S K
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

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Jason Vertrees
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.

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Zhijie Li
: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards Harry, I found this on pymol wiki NVidia 3D NVision kit only supports DirectX software for GeForce (gaming cards) on Windows; users are reporting that they are not able to run PyMOL with NVision with these cards. Get a newer model low end quadro ( G8x graphics core

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Zhijie Li
, so a discrete mainstream Nvidia or ATI chip would probably make life easier in a few cases. Zhijie -- From: Alex Kavian alek6...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:47 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread A K
experience with the Zalman and LG D2342: http://www.mail-archive.com/ccp4bb@jiscmail.ac.uk/msg28113.html Zhijie *From:* S K alek6...@gmail.com *Sent:* Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:37 PM *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards Harry, I found

Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards

2013-02-13 Thread Zhijie Li
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:51 PM To: Zhijie Li Cc: CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] GeForce Graphics cards Hi Zhijie, thanks for the link. I was actually referring to that post. Can you please tell me what graphics card you are using? Alex On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:16