Re: vmd-l: namd/vmd support to GTX-6## series

From: Francesco Pietra (chiendarret_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2012 - 12:36:27 CDT

Hello:
I have installed vmd-1.9.2a8 (taken from BioCore) on Debian GNU-Linux
amd64 on a shared-mem system with two GTX-680.

RMSD traj plugin worked nicely, and so some analysis that I carried
out on long trajectories.

Thanks a lot

francesco pietra

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:13 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  The new Fermi GPUs required a few changes to the compilation of
> VMD and NAMD.  I believe NAMD 2.9 already had the necessary changes
> in place when it was released.  In the case of VMD, I have made the
> changes to the VMD CVS tree, but we haven't had a VMD release since
> the first-gen Kepler GPUs (GeForce 680) came out, so if you have a
> GeForce 680, you'll want to grab one of the latest VMD test versions
> from BioCoRE.  I expect to post another updated test version of VMD
> today or tomorrow:
>  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
>
> Cheers,
>  John Stone
>  johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 10:43:38AM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
>> Hi:
>> May I ask whether the GTX-6## series, in particular GTX-690, are
>> supported by NAMD 2.9 and VMD 1.9.1? (whether or not benchmarks
>> against the 5## series have been carried out)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> francesco pietra
>
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