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 > > > > > >___________________________ > >Duangrudee Tanramluk, Ph.D. > >Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University > >Puttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170 THAILAND -- -- Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen phone: +49 (0)551 39 22149 GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A
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