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From: Mads Nørregaard-Madsen (mn_at_nuevolution.com)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 02:26:56 CDT

Hi Samy,

Which release of NVIDIA's drivers are you using? The latest release
(1-0.4496) resolves the 2D/hardware stereo performance problem in
previous releases - at least with my Quadro4 card.

Br,
Mads

YI - the latest NVIDIA linux drivers

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 05:44, John Stone wrote:
> The final released version of VMD 1.8.1 includes the special code
> that checks for the VMDPREFERSTEREO environment variable. Use
> that version and you should be in good shape.
> (Note: still out of town until Sept 9th, but checking email
> today from an internet cafe..)
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:30:18PM -0500, omeroueh_at_nd.edu wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I have an NVIDIA qadro FX2000 card. I am not able to get hardware stereo when I
> > set seteo to crystal eyes. In the message below, you mention you have a special
> > version of VMD that could run on an NVIDIA card. Is there a way you could
> > provide me with a copy of the software?
> >
> > Please let me know,
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Samy.
> >
> >
> > Hi Mads, Karsten, Magnus, Andy, VMD-L,
> > I've got a test build of VMD 1.8.1 (alpha 4) that you can test if you'd
> > like to try it out. I've got a new VMDPREFERSTEREO environment variable
> > you can set which will force VMD to skip the multisample antialiasing
> > X11 visuals as it attempts to get the best graphics. This should address
> > the problem that the NVidia Quadro users like yourselves have been having.
> > I would have provided you guys with a binary sooner, but we've had some
> > problems with Tcl/Tk 8.4.1 integration last month that held me up several
> > weeks.
> >
> > Anyone that wants to try the new stereo variable, just send a note to
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu and I'll email you with the download location for the
> > test version.
> >