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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2011 - 16:34:33 CST

On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 16:27 -0600, Yubo Fan wrote:
> I am not quite sure about the quad buffered stereo. I have a quadro FX
> 3800 on my Windows 7 workstation and a quadro FX 4800 on my Linux
> workstation. Do they have that function?

yes, they should. provided you use the drivers from nvidia.
for the linux workstation you have to enable 3d vision support
somewhere in the x configuration file of the nvidia, IIRC.
please check the README file that comes with it.
for windows, i have no idea.

axel.

> Thanks,
> Yubo
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 15:35 -0600, Yubo Fan wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I've got an NVidia 3D Vision Set. I tried to make VMD to work under 3D
> >> mode but failed. How can I show all models in VMD in 3D?
> >
> > have a close look at VMD startup message.
> >
> > do you have a Quadro family card with quad buffered stereo?
> > that would be a prerequisite with VMD. with consumer cards
> > stereo is only possible in full screen (which VMD currently
> > doesn't provide, at least not in that form).
> >
> > axel.
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Yubo Fan
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> > akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> >
> > Institute for Computational Molecular Science
> > Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
> >
> > 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
Institute for Computational Molecular Science
Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.