Since the technique (of using polarised light) applied by the Zalman was
invented in the 1920's, it's probably little surprising that we don't need
special hardware for using it ;-)
Cheers, Tim
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 07:08:10AM -0400, David Roberts wrote:
> Not only do you not need a high-end graphics card, you don't even
> need the proper graphics drivers installed. When I went to FC13
> (upgrade from FC7, I don't know why), my quadro fx1400 was no longer
> supported. It would not work with hardware stereo (emitters/glasses
> of old). I went to Zalman monitors and all is great. Frankly,
> stereo is not needed as much in a nice bright LCD monitor (very
> crisp, looks great), but if you want it, Zalman is the way to go
> (passive stereo - light glasses, no hardware requirements beyond the
> monitor)
>
> Good luck
>
> Dave
>
> On 5/10/2011 12:27 AM, Duangrudee Tanramluk wrote:
> >Dear Yu,
> >
> >The graphic card I am using is Nvidia Quadro FX580. If all you want is Pymol and Coot, you don't need a high-end graphic card.
> >
> >Some commercial molecular viewer requires a really high-end Quadro graphic card. If you plan to use those packages on the same machine, you may want to check their websites for the high quality 3D-stereo before purchasing them.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Duangrudee
> >
> >
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> >Duangrudee Tanramluk, Ph.D.
> >Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
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