[Chimera-users] Quadro versus GTX graphic cards

[Tom Goddard]

The quadro cards have had many more graphics driver bugs than the much more widely used gtx cards.  For example, the current quadro driver on Windows has a power management setting default value (save energy) that causes 30 second chimera freezes when picking atoms in large molecules.  Also the quadro cards are usually slower at rendering even when they work.

The only reason to use a quadro card is if it is needed for using stereo glasses.  I don't know if any stereo setups can work with a gtx card.  That is more likely to work on Windows.

    Tom


On Nov 22, 2012, at 5:25 AM, Oliver Koch wrote:

> Dear Chimera users,
> 
> I want to buy new computer for my lab and I'm not sure which graphic cards I should buy.
> 
> Is it really necessary to invest in expensive nvidia quadro graphic cards in comparsion to the nvidia gtx consumer cards?
> My private desktop computer has a GTX570 and everything is working fine. I searched the internet and talked to a lot of people, but nobody could say if you really recognize the difference in your daily work.
> The background: I want to use the computer for modelling (Chimera, Moe, ...) with two screens and stereoview using nvidia 3d vision. The OS will be linux (presumably scientific linux).
> 
> I would be very happy if you can share your opinion.
> 
> Many thanks
> Oliver
> 
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