Intel graphics built into most computers is adequate for most uses of Chimera. If you want to manipulate molecules with a hundred thousand atoms or large density maps (512 ** 3 or larger) the rendering will be smoother with any consumer video game playing graphics card from nvidia or amd. Usually such large systems are not used in tutorials that would be presented in teaching lab. The most common trouble with graphics and Chimera is caused by old graphics drivers (> 3 years old). Update to date graphics drivers for laptops are often not available.

On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:39 AM, Fabian Technion <wrote:

Hi,

I would like to know your reccomendation for a minimal graphic card standard that will work nicely with chimera. It is for 20 PC for a teaching room.

Thanks a lot in advance,

Fabian

Dr. Fabian Glaser
Head of the Structural Bioinformatics section

Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit - BKU
The Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, ISRAEL

fglaser at technion dot ac dot il
Tel: +972 4 8293701
http://bku.technion.ac.il

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