Hi Marilyn, Your choices for hardware depends on how much you want to spend and what your main application is. Here are the basics for a low-cost 3D setup: * 120 Hz monitor * NVidia Quadro 570+ Card * NVidia NVision 3D Kit (emitter+glasses)
If you will have multiple systems in the same room, and have multiple users using it at once, I suggest the 3D Vision Pro. Otherwise, the standard NVision system is fine. I recently demoed PyMOL off the following hardware and was pleasantly surprised by the quality and performance: * Planar SA2311W (http://www.planar3d.com/3d-products/sa2311w/) * NVidia 3D Vision Pro (http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-professional-users.html) * NVidia Quadro 3000 video card Planar does sell the 23" monitor and standard 3D Vision kit for about $650, I think. After that you just need the Quadro card. Let me be clear: GeForce cards are not supported for 3D stereo--even the high-end cards. You need a Quadro card. You can find more here: http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/Stereo_3D_Display_Options (although the page needs to be cleaned up). Cheers, -- Jason On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jorns, Marilyn S <marilyn.jo...@drexelmed.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > > > We plan to build a Windows7 64 bit PC and would like to use it in > conjunction with a flat screen monitor for 3D viewing. > > > > Advice on appropriate hardware components (video card, monitor etc) would be > most appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Marilyn > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > -- Jason Vertrees, PhD PyMOL Product Manager Schrodinger, LLC (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
