Re: [o-info] graphic card for Mac Pro Quad Core intel machine

From: Kay Diederichs (kay.diederichs@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2006 - 15:56:45 CDT


Joel Hirsch schrieb:
> we are gathering info for requisition of new graphic workstations to
> outfit a computing core lab and we would like to go with the new Mac
> Pro. has anyone gotten a hold of one and is the default configured
> graphics card good enough i.e. for good performance of O, Pymol, coot,
> etc? it is a Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT with 256 Mb memory. we have no
> need for multiple displays and we are wondering if the ATI Radeon
> X1900 XT option is necessary, given limited budgets.
> 
> TIA
> 
> joel hirsch
> 

Joel,

NVIDIA in my opinion has much better drivers than ATI. The real 
alternative to the 7300GT is the expensive NVIDIA graphics card (Quadro 
FX4500) which also has a stereo connector. So if you plan to use Stereo, 
that might be a reason to pay for it.
Other than that, the 7300GT is more than adequate for crystallographic 
work with the programs you mention.

Kay
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