From: Yangyang Shen (yyshen_at_rci.rutgers.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 22 2010 - 08:09:59 CDT

Hi,
Thanks for your quick reply.

I'm running Windows XP (I especially had XP installed, instead of Win7,
cause I was afraid of the compatibility.) And I think the graphics
hardware is integrated with intel CORE i5. When I start VMD, it prints the
following:

Info) VMD for WIN32, version 1.8.7 (August 1, 2009)
Info) http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
Info) Email questions and bug reports to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
Info) Please include this reference in published work using VMD:
Info) Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K., `VMD - Visual
Info) Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996, 14.1, 33-38.
Info) -------------------------------------------------------------
Info) Multithreading available, 4 CPUs detected.
Info) Free system memory: 2047MB (100%)
Info) OpenGL renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics
Info) Features: STENCIL MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS GLSL(OVF)
Info) Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
Info) Textures: 2-D (4096x4096), 3-D (256x256x256), Multitexture (8)
Info) Spaceball driver not installed. Spaceball interface disabled.
Info) No joysticks found. Joystick interface disabled.
Found 68 plugins or data handlers in directory
         'C:/Program Files/University of Illinois/VMD/plugins/WIN32/molfile'.
vmd >

Is there anything I can do to improve the graphics?
Thanks a lot!

Yangyang

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, John Stone wrote:

>
> Hi,
> You didn't mention what operating system you're running, but
> this is an important detail, particularly in combination with
> what graphics hardware you have. What does VMD print when it
> starts up? It will identify the graphics hardware when it prints
> out the OpenGL features during startup.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:08:11PM -0400, Yangyang Shen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just installed VMD 1.8.7 Windows OpenGL version on my laptop, but the
>> display is slow, even freeze itself, when I try to rotate the molecules.
>> Does anyone know what might be the problem?
>>
>> My laptop is a Dell Latitude E5410 with Intel Core i5 @ 2.4GHz and 3GB
>> of RAM. I'm not sure about the graphic card, though.
>>
>> Does anyone have similar problem? Please share your solution. Thanks a
>> lot!
>>
>> --------
>> Yangyang Shen
>> Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
>> Rutgers University
>> 732-445-2049
>>
>
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