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<p>What you want to get depends on how much data you want to
visualize at one time. If you are only looking at small
molecules, almost any laptop will do. If you are looking at
bigger systems, then a laptop might not be good enough.</p>
<p>I don't think you can buy one anymore, but the best laptops were
those with NVIDIA Quadro (not NVS) graphics and a 3D stereo
display (120Mhz, 3D glasses). Chimera needs workstation graphics
(NVIDIA Quadro or AMD FirePro/FireGL), to support 3D stereo
viewing.</p>
<p>For most people, any decent gaming laptop will do. My order of
optimization would start the the graphics. Stay away from Intel
graphics, go for NVIDIA or AMD graphics -- the higher end, the
better; and the more dedicated graphics memory, the better. Next,
pick a fast CPU -- some parts of Chimera are single-core CPU
bound. Next, more memory is better, 4GB for small data, 8/16/32
for larger data. Screen resolution isn't that important -- higher
screen resolutions need better graphics to keep the 3D
interactive, and you can always use F11 to switch into and out of
fullscreen graphics. And a SSD is very, very nice, it will
improve the overall responsiveness of the computer, but is not
critical for Chimera.</p>
<p>But some people are happy with laptops that have Intel graphics.
Again, it depends on how much data you want to visualize at one
time. Ideally, you would demo the laptop you want to buy with
your data before buying it. Next best thing would be to try out
your friend's laptop.</p>
<p>You can see user-submitted Chimera benchmark results at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/trac/chimera/wiki/benchmarks">http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/trac/chimera/wiki/benchmarks</a>. There
aren't many results for recent graphics cards. Please submit the
results for the system you end up getting.</p>
<p> Best of luck,</p>
<p> Greg<br>
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<div>Sir, <br>
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<div>I'm going to use <b>USFC Chimera</b> program working for <i><b>La
Sapienza University in Rome Italy</b></i> ... <br>
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<div>before to get the program, I would like to understand the
best recommended laptop features to easy run the program under <b>Microsoft
Windows WIN 10 platform </b> .. <br>
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<div>May you answer me regarding the <b>main laptop features</b>
( CPU type, speed, RAM, SSD, screen resolution, etc ) <b>you
recommended</b> ? What you suggestions ?<br>
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<div>Thanks in advance <br>
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<div>Regards</div>
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<div>Silvia Taglieri <br>
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<div>Rome Italy <br>
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