Dear CCP4 community, I am posting to get your suggestions on a Mac Pro system for structural biology and not entertainment. Any comments will be appreciated. Please feel free to send off line messages if you prefer.
My target is a Mac Pro with 8-12 cores and Dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs. I will run structural biology programs with light to intense computation load, and 3D display of protein structures on a 24-27 inch monitor is a necessity. This system will be remotely connected to a cluster for time consuming computation. Here come the questions. 1. What will be a good monitor (brand, model, etc) for my setup? What specs should I pay attention when shopping for the monitor so I won't face any compatibility or 3D display issue? 2. Suggestions of emitters and glasses paired with Mac Pro and monitor are highly welcome. Or could I add an emitter on Mac Pro like on a Linux box? 3. There are many adapters and cables for Mac, so recommendations on adapter selection to make a Mac Pro-3D monitor package will be greatly appreciated too. 4. Anything I need to notice to have a complete ready-to-go system but is missed in this email (excluding mouse, keyboard, and speakers). Thank you for reading the post, and wish you a great start of the week. Best, Yanfeng
