Hi Philippe, If you are using the Windows platform, I suggest you get a Geforce 6800Ultra, and use rivatuner from http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163 to modify the driver to Quadro FX 4400 under Windows XP. Thereafter, substitute O with NOC from http://noc.ibp.ac.cn/ and you should have saved several thousand bucks, increased your graphics card performance, and enabled 3D stereo on a Geforce card! The same goes for enabling undocumented features on an ATI card.
The only caveat is that this mod has not been ported over to Linux, and that your graphic card's warranty will be ineffectual in the event of damage to the GPU chip. best regards Wang Chern Hoe -----Original Message----- From: owner-ccp...@dl.ac.uk on behalf of Philippe BENAS Sent: Wed 7/27/2005 11:13 PM To: ccp4bb; pymolbb; Obb Cc: Subject: [ccp4bb]: nVidia Quadro FX 1400, FX 3400 and FX 4400 performances *** For details on how to be removed from this list visit the *** *** CCP4 home page http://www.ccp4.ac.uk *** Hi Xtallographers, Oers and Pymolers, In late January, Warren wrote: "The Quadro FX 3000 is the fastest card I've ever seen PyMOL run on". Well since then half a year is gone. So, would any of you had a chance to compare the FX 1400, FX 3400 and FX 4400 performances for stereo under Linux, I mean for the usual stereo programs we're using like O, Pymol or Turbo ? From several tests I read it seems there is no serious gap between them at least when compared for various engineering software (Rightmark, 3D studio Max, AutoCAD, CATIA, Ensight, Maya, Patchwork 3D and SolidWorks). As for their price there are some huge gaps on the other hand... Which of those 3 Quadro would you recommend in terms of performance/price ratio for molecular graphics ? In his email, Warren also recommended the NEC-Mitsubishi FP2141SB-BK 22" CRT. What do you Folks think about this monitor if you do use it ? What do you think about the Iiyama HM204 DT DiamondTron 22" CRT ? Any other good monitor for stereo around that you would recommended ? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Philippe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philippe BENAS, Ph.D. X-ray diffraction facility manager Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, UMR 8015 CNRS Faculte de Pharmacie - Universite Paris 5 4, Avenue de l'Observatoire - Case 48 F-75270 Paris cedex 06 --- Office: +33.(0)1-5373-9831 (use ext. 9977 instead to leave a voice mail) Fax: +33.(0)1-5373-9925 X-ray Room (rotating anode): +33.(0)1-5373-9977 X-ray Room (small molecules): +33.(0)1-5373-9679 --- Url: http://lcrbw.pharmacie.univ-paris5.fr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately. Please do not copy or use it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person as it may be an offence under the Official Secrets Act. Thank you.
