I use home built LINUX Intel boxes with 2Gb memory and low end Nvidia cards (GT 8000 series to GT 200 series) and they are fine with Coot, Pymol, CCP4i. I can even run CrysalisPro (Windows) in WINE. More memory is cheap to add. If you use a Ubuntu LTS release, you get 3 yr of updates. Proprietary Nvidia binaries can be downloaded from the Ubuntu repos, and they will reinstall every time you do a kernel update. Ubuntu has been pretty painless to maintain compared to Fedora, at least when I made the switch.
Roger Rowlett On Sep 28, 2011 8:27 PM, "Jacqueline Vitali" <jackie.vit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I need some advice for a new computer. > > (1) I have the option of an HP Z210 8 GB with a low end Quadro Nvidia 400 > 512 MB. > > --How does Coot run with this card? > > --I am happy with any Linux. However, the system needs updates for security > purposes (the University requires it). Do I have to remake the NVidia > driver every time there is a kernel update or is there a way around it for > this NVidia card? Do you suggest another NVidia card (inexpensive) that is > good for coot and automatically updates when the kernel is updated? > > (2) Second option is an IMAC 4 GB 2.5 GHz with AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB > GDDRS. > > --How does Coot work with this graphics card? > > --Should I get more memory for Lion? > > --Is this platform advisable for crystallographic software for the next four > years? > > Thank you in advance for any advice. > > Jackie Vitali > Cleveland State University
