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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 30 2020 - 12:38:51 CDT

yes, but don't hold your breath.
if you search the mailing list archive, you will find multiple discussion
on the subject and explanations for why there is no 64-bit windows version
yet.

Axel.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 1:31 PM <ccbroomell_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the response. Is there any plan to develop a 64 bit windows
> build?
>
> Chris
>
> On Mar 30, 2020, at 13:12, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> The VMD windows binary is 32bit and thus memory is limited. To use more
> RAM you would need to run on a different OS for which a 64bit binary is
> available.
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:39 Chris Broomell <ccbroomell_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am comparing structures of larger VLPs and have been running into
>> issues when analyzing large files. Typical errors include "failed to
>> increase display list memory pool size, system out of memory." I'm working
>> with surface maps (both the shipped flavor as well as MSMS)...mostly cryo
>> and Xray structures of larger VLPs.
>>
>> Is it possible to change the amount of memory that is allocated for VMD
>> processes?
>>
>> If not - are there any recommendations for how to optimize my system to
>> mitigate this?
>>
>> My system is:
>> Win10
>> 16GB RAM
>> NVIDIA RTX 2070 super (6GB DDR6)
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help that you could offer.
>>
>> Chris
>>
> 

-- 
Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer  akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.