Hi Marc,
I have a Macbook pro Mid 2009 model (with integrated graphics card) and I
can run coot and pymol without any problem ( I haven't tested on Chimera),
I do not think a discrete graphics is needed. However, for pymol I can not
use the stereo function. I do not know if the discrete graphic
Hello Marc,
obvious differences between card are memory bandwidth, intel 13 GB/sec
vs. nvidia 29 GB/s, the texture rate, 2 GTexel/s vs. 31 GTexel/s, and
pixel rate, 0.5 GPix/s vs. 15.5 GPix/s. Some of these values result
because of graphics memory differences. There is no difference in
Hi Marc,
I have an Intel Iris Pro graphics chip on a Late 2013 MacBook
Pro which works impressively well with all these programs, even on a 15 inch
Retina display. I don’t know if the Nvidia one is better though...
Bonne chance,
Mark
On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:12, Marc Graille
Hello,
I would like to buy a MacBook Pro laptop that will allow me among others to
solve structures, build models and visualize electron density maps using Pymol,
Coot or Chimera.
I have the choice between between Intel Iris Pro (5200 series) and Intel Iris
Pro + Nvidia GT 750M for the
