Re: [PyMOL] New MacPros and PyMOL - Radeon only?

2010-09-29 Thread Ramiro Téllez Sanz
My two cents on this issue. I run PyMOL 1.3 on a PackardBell EasyNote TJ62 laptop, which has an ATI Radeon HD 4570, with no glitches at all. BUT, I use Gentoo Linux with the free xf86-video-ati driver, v6.13.1. My version of xorg-server is 1.7.7, MESA is at 7.8.2 and libdrm is at 2.4.21. With Gen

Re: [PyMOL] New MacPros and PyMOL - Radeon only?

2010-09-29 Thread Jason Vertrees
Hi Adam, Thanks for expressing your concerns. This message, >     Note: Radeon HD cards tend not to run PyMOL well. >     Use nVidia or Intel instead, if OpenGL glitches occur. >     Attempting to compensate for known issues... has been in PyMOL for a long time. It's just a fact that NVidia ca

Re: [PyMOL] New MacPros and PyMOL - Radeon only?

2010-09-29 Thread Shiven Shandilya
Dear Jason, I strongly support Adam's suggestion that the PyMOL website and the Wiki display a clear warning to people planning on using PyMOL with ATI/AMD graphics card. I have had numerous issues with ATI graphics cards + PyMOL over the years and nVidia is unquestionably the better choice when i

[PyMOL] New MacPros and PyMOL - Radeon only?

2010-09-29 Thread H. Adam Steinberg
Hi All, I bought a new MacPro and now get this message when I open PyMOL: Note: Radeon HD cards tend not to run PyMOL well. Use nVidia or Intel instead, if OpenGL glitches occur. Attempting to compensate for known issues... So the new Macs only come with Radeon video cards... there