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2010-11-17 Thread Francois Berenger
---BeginMessage--- Kay Diederichs wrote: Eric Karg harvard...@yahoo.com Datum: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:37:10 + Dear all, Thanks for your suggestions. From what I learned new GPUs from NVIDIA are using the Optimus technology which does not support Linux, meaning that only the dedicated

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-11-15 Thread Kay Diederichs
Eric Karg harvard...@yahoo.com Datum: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:37:10 + Dear all, Thanks for your suggestions. From what I learned new GPUs from NVIDIA are using the Optimus technology which does not support Linux, meaning that only the dedicated graphics on the system will be used in

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-11-14 Thread Eric Karg
Dear all, Thanks for your suggestions. From what I learned new GPUs from NVIDIA are using the Optimus technology which does not support Linux, meaning that only the dedicated graphics on the system will be used in Linux. Does it still make sense to go for NVIDIA instead of ATI? Eric

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-20 Thread Schubert, Carsten [PRDUS]
@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook Dear all, I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated Intel

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-20 Thread Jim Fairman
not work in our hands. HTH Carsten -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Eric Karg Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:46 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook Dear all, I

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-20 Thread Ed Pozharski
It's best to have dedicated NVIDIA (don't have much experience with ATI, but it is my understanding that they may be more difficult to configire sometimes). However, Intel on-board graphics has gotten much better recently (in fact, Intel releases drivers as open source (guess because they are not

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-20 Thread Jason Vertrees
Hi Eric, I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated Intel HD Graphics or a dedicated NVIDIA NVS 3100M Graphics.

[ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-19 Thread Eric Karg
Dear all, I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated Intel HD Graphics or a dedicated NVIDIA NVS 3100M Graphics. Any

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-19 Thread Nat Echols
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Eric Karg harvard...@yahoo.com wrote: I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-19 Thread Artem Evdokimov
NVIDIA NVS 3100M is an entry level card that mostly is designed with 'business applications' in mind - meaning that its rendering/polygon/3D engine is relatively weak compared to an average or even low-end modern desktop graphics cards. Nevertheless it is definitely a step up from an integrated

Re: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook

2010-09-19 Thread Stuart Endo-Streeter
19, 2010 11:46 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook Dear all, I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose