[PyMOL] RE: [ccp4bb]: nVidia Quadro FX 1400, FX 3400 and FX 4400 performances

[Wang C. H. <che...@im...>]

Hi Philippe,

If you are using the Windows platform, I suggest you get a Geforce =
6800Ultra, and use rivatuner from =
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=3D163 to modify the driver =
to Quadro FX 4400 under Windows XP. Thereafter, substitute O with NOC =
from http://noc.ibp.ac.cn/ and you should have saved several thousand =
bucks, increased your graphics card performance, and enabled 3D stereo =
on a Geforce card! The same goes for enabling undocumented features on =
an ATI card.=20

The only caveat is that this mod has not been ported over to Linux, and =
that your graphic card's warranty will be ineffectual in the event of =
damage to the GPU chip.

best regards
Wang Chern Hoe


-----Original Message-----
From:	own...@dl... on behalf of Philippe BENAS
Sent:	Wed 7/27/2005 11:13 PM
To:	ccp4bb; pymolbb; Obb
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Subject:	[ccp4bb]: nVidia Quadro FX 1400, FX 3400 and FX 4400 =
performances
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Hi Xtallographers, Oers and Pymolers,

In late January, Warren wrote: "The Quadro FX 3000 is the fastest card=20
I've ever seen PyMOL run on". Well since then half a year is gone.
So, would any of you had a chance to compare the FX 1400, FX 3400 and=20
FX 4400 performances for stereo under Linux, I mean for the usual=20
stereo programs we're using like O, Pymol or Turbo ?

 From several tests I read it seems there is no serious gap between them =

at least when compared for various engineering software (Rightmark, 3D=20
studio Max, AutoCAD, CATIA, Ensight, Maya, Patchwork 3D and=20
SolidWorks). As for their price there are some huge gaps on the other=20
hand...

Which of those 3 Quadro would you recommend in terms of=20
performance/price ratio for molecular graphics ?

In his email, Warren also recommended the NEC-Mitsubishi FP2141SB-BK=20
22" CRT. What do you Folks think about this monitor if you do use it ?=20
What do you think about the Iiyama HM204 DT DiamondTron 22" CRT ? Any=20
other good monitor for stereo around that you would recommended ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Philippe

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