id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	notify_on_close	platform	project
595	Slow rendering of small 7000 atom atomic model, 2bbv	Tom Goddard	Tom Goddard	"Rendering 2bbv with full lighting is surprisingly slow (11 frames per second, MacBook Pro 2012, Nvidia GT650M graphics) given that it is only 7000 atoms shown as spheres.

The problem is that it is rendering 8 million triangles, more than 1000 per atom sphere because the level-of-detail code sets the detail to remain under 10 million triangles with max of 2000 triangles per atom.  This is suitable for modern higher performance graphics, but not this old laptop graphics.  The current level-of-detail code takes not account of the performance of the processor.

Need to improve the level-of-detail to get good balance of quality and speed on graphics with different performance levels."	enhancement	assigned	major		Graphics				meng@…				all	ChimeraX