[Chimera-users] video card for chimera?

[Eric Pettersen]

Hi Sergei,
	As far as we know, current Radeon drivers only crash Chimera, not ChimeraX.  You should try ChimeraX with your current card.  It may work fine.

--Eric

	Eric Pettersen
	UCSF Computer Graphics Lab


> On Oct 22, 2021, at 9:04 AM, Sergei I. Sukharev via Chimera-users <chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Colleagues, indeed, I am looking for a good video card to work with ChimeraX.
> I had real trouble using the latest AMD drivers which crush the program at the start.
> What are good alternatives?
> thanks
> sergei 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:49 AM Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:meng at cgl.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: "Sergei I. Sukharev" <sukharev at umd.edu <mailto:sukharev at umd.edu>>
>> Subject: video card for chimera?
>> Date: October 22, 2021 at 8:37:27 AM PDT
>> 
>> Colleagues,
>> I am upgrading my PC and I would take your recommendations about the best video cards that would work with Chimera and Phenix.
>> Thanks,
>> sergei sukharev, umd
> 
> Hi Sergei,
> We recommend taking a look at using ChimeraX instead of Chimera.  We are actively developing ChimeraX (but not Chimera) and in the future it may have features specifically for working with Phenix.  
> 
> I have to leave the video card question for others, but encourage responses about what works well with ChimeraX.
> Best,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
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