Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-11-03 Thread Christopher Bahl
You are right, that particular video card does not support stereo graphics. However, with a different card, they should still be able to make it work with that computer. http://reald-corporate.com/scientific/graphics_cards_by_os.asp We were able to pick up an ATI FireGL V7100 for about $130 r

Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-11-01 Thread Kay Diederichs
schrieb: Hi CCP4ers I know I am churning over a well discussed subject but: We have been trying to figure out the best way to use our NuVision graphics glasses on the OPTIPLEX 755 Dell. Turns out the graphics card (NVIDIA FX 3700) is not compatible with this type of computer due to size iss

Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-10-31 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 15:16 Fri 31 Oct , Roger Rowlett wrote: > It used to be cheaper to get stereo graphics. I have old Nvidia Quadro > 980XGLs ($500) in a single-core Pentium 4 workstation and they work > pretty well still. You can still find them around, but they require an > AGP slot not common on curre

Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-10-31 Thread Roger Rowlett
One caution you should know about Dells (unless they have reformed in the last 5 years) is that the Dell power supplies may have proprietary, non-standard power supply connectors. When you add that honking stereo graphics card, you will also likely have to upgrade your power supply, and you mig

Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-10-31 Thread Christopher Bahl
A cheaper option than building an entire new computer is to transfer the parts out of the Dell case and into a standard ATX format case. We ended up going this route with 3 of our Dells because the poor cooling in the cases was frying the hard drives (and just barely out of warranty too, imagi

Re: [ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-10-31 Thread Roger Rowlett
wrote: Hi CCP4ers I know I am churning over a well discussed subject but: We have been trying to figure out the best way to use our NuVision graphics glasses on the OPTIPLEX 755 Dell. Turns out the graphics card (NVIDIA FX 3700) is not compatible with this type of computer due to size issues.

[ccp4bb] Dell-Apple Mac and graphics glasses

2008-10-31 Thread
Hi CCP4ers I know I am churning over a well discussed subject but: We have been trying to figure out the best way to use our NuVision graphics glasses on the OPTIPLEX 755 Dell. Turns out the graphics card (NVIDIA FX 3700) is not compatible with this type of computer due to size issues. Ca