If using Linux, definitely a dedicated NVidia - their drivers are the best supported by far. There are also some issues right now with the drivers for some of the integrated Intel graphics cards, a bug with handling OpenGL applications which prevents O, Coot, and PyMOL from working properly, among others. If using Windows or Mac, anything will do but I would go with a dedicated card to keep the load off the CPU so it runs much smoother when moving. I've used discrete NVidia cards in all of my systems, always worked without any problems.
Stuart ___________________________________ Stuart Endo-Streeter, Ph.D Dept. Computer Science 3245 French Family Science Center Duke University Medical Center 919-660-4068 stuart.endostree...@duke.edu -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of <Eric Karg> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:46 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Graphics for notebook Dear all, I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated? ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated Intel HD Graphics or a dedicated NVIDIA NVS 3100M Graphics. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks! Eric
