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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed May 22 2013 - 11:22:03 CDT

Thanks for summarizing your recent discussions with NVIDIA
and your final results.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:11:57PM -0400, Ming-Tsung Lee wrote:
> Thank you John for the respond. I have been talking to NVIDIA technical
> support for several times about this. As you presumed, the reason my VMD
> Quadbuffered didn't work is that I was not using a Quadro card. Although
> both GeForce and Quadro cards support 3D vision, stereo output in OpenGL
> (in VMD, or others like DS Studio, PyMol etc.) is only available by using
> Quadro card. 3D vision on GeForce, quote NVIDIA's words, is only for
> gaming and watching movies. If one wants to use 3D vision for OpenGL, a
> (more pricey) professional Quadro card is necessary.
> A
> Nevertheless, I bought NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 ($200 on Amazon), and 3D
> visualization in VMD works like a charm.
> A
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:47 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> A My understanding is that on non-Quadro GPUs, the NVIDIA 3-D Vision
> tools
> don't allow OpenGL applications to use stereo. A I presume your machine
> doesn't have a Quadro GPU in it, and you're only using the GeForce GTX
> 680?
> I do find it somewhat odd that VMD is detecting stereo (note the
> "STEREO"
> flag shown in the OpenGL renderer settings), even though your emitter
> is not responding. A My guess is again, that this is the known
> limitation
> in the behavior of NVIDIA's 3-D Vision software. A I can contact NVIDIA
> and verify that the stereo driver limitation I described above
> still exists if you like.
>
> Cheers,
> A John Stone
> A vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 09:59:37PM -0400, Ming-Tsung Lee wrote:
> > A A Hi all,
> > A A I was wondering someone has experiences in using NVIDIA 3D vision
> for VMD
> > A A under 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. I am grateful for any
> possible
> > A A suggestion which may resolve my problem.
> > A A Problem: 3D vision doesn't turned on while my VMD is running.
> > A A (No 3D effects, IR emitter indicator light doesn't on)
> > A A System: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit/NVIDIA GeForce GTX680/NVIDIA 3D
> vision 2
> > A A wireless kits, tried both VMD Windows OpenGL CUDA and no CUDA
> > A A Attempts:
> > A A (1) I have tested the 3D vision using NVIDIA testing sample.
> Everything is
> > A A fine, 3D vision can be altered by depth. While running other 3D
> program
> > A A like NVIDIA photo viewer, the light on my IR emitter will glow.
> > A A (2) Under the stereo setting at NVIDIA control panel, I have
> added the
> > A A program as the VMD executable in program files (x86).
> > A A (3) I turned on the stereo for Quadbuffered (tried each on in
> stereo)
> > A A after starting VMD.
> > A A (4) I have checked the console window (see below), showing the
> graphic
> > A A unit and the 3D display are recognized by VMD.
> > A A (5) I also tried to open another 3D application with VMD. Both
> windows of
> > A A VMD and NVIDIA 3D photo viewer were placed side-by-side. IR
> emitter is
> > A A turned on for the photo viewer, but VMD remained not 3D.
> > A A Thoughts:
> > A A I think the problem is that VMD doesn't trigger my 3D display,
> although I
> > A A did add VMD in the NVIDIA control panel settings. Is there anyway
> I can
> > A A troubleshoot this problem?
> >
> > A A Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.9.1 (February 1, 2012)
> > A A Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > A A Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > A A Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
> > A A Info) A A Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD -
> Visual
> > A A Info) A A Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1,
> 33-38.
> > A A Info)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> > A A Info) Multithreading available, 8 CPUs detected.
> > A A Info) Free system memory: 4095MB (100%)
> > A A Info) OpenGL renderer: GeForce GTX 680/PCIe/SSE2
> > A A Info) A Features: STENCIL STEREO MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS
> GLSL(OVFGS)
> > A A Info) A Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> > A A Info) A Textures: 2-D (16384x16384), 3-D (2048x2048x2048),
> Multitexture
> > A A (4)
> > A A Info) Spaceball driver not installed. A Spaceball interface
> disabled.
> > A A Info) No joysticks found. A Joystick interface disabled.
> > A A Info) Dynamically loaded 69 plugins in directory:
> > A A Info) C:/Program Files (x86)/University of
> > A A Illinois/VMD/plugins/WIN32/molfile
> > A A vmd >
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> NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ A A A A A Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
> --
> Ming-Tsung Lee
> Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
> Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
> 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058, USA
> (908) 208-7832 | mtlee_at_rci.rutgers.edu 

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