Re: [ccp4bb] Survey on computer usage in crystallography

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From: Kevin Cowtan cowtan {- at -} YSBL {- dot -} YORK {- dot -} AC {- dot -} UK
Date: 2007-06-20

More likely the issue is that some of us do not find stereo to be
necessary of beneficial for crystallographic model building.

In which case, given the power of modern PCs and graphics cards, a basic
off-the-shelf PC costing $1000/£500 is completely adaquate for typical
structure solution and model building problems.

I use coot a lot and I haven't even bothered installing the graphics
drivers for my graphics card. All the 3D stuff gets gone in software,
and most of the graphics hardware sits around doing nothing. If I needed
the performance, it would be a 5 minute job to install the drivers, but
I haven't needed it.

Kevin

P Hubbard wrote:
> I am sorry you are unhappy with the questions, David.
>
> As I am sure you know, I half-decent system with stereo graphics doesn't
> come cheap, and if you price things together to make something that
> performs well I doubt you'll get much change out of $2000.
>
> I am aware of other 3D systems (such as those listed on
> www.stereo3d.com). However, the price of peripherals like a 3D LCD
> monitor are prohibitively expensive (and the quality of the images is
> supposed to be poor). Do you know of a relatively inexpensive way of
> displaying 3D images on PCs?
>
> Any other comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Paul

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