Computer Hardware for Chimera

Below are links to help choose computer hardware that will run UCSF Chimera well. Emphasis is on graphics cards, graphics driver problems, and stereo display systems.

This information quickly becomes out-of-date so check the dates on the pages.

Graphics Cards

Benchmark results for rendering speed using Chimera with various graphics cards.

​Driver bugs observed running Chimera.

Stereo 3-d Displays and Glasses

Stereo 3-d televisions work with Chimera on Mac laptops.

Stereo test programs

​Nvidia 3D Vision setup details with stereo-capable LCD display.

​Stereo display options.

​Row-interleaved versus sequential stereo.

​Stereo modes supported by Chimera.

​NVidia 3D Vision glasses.

​Samsung 2233RZ 120 Hz LCD for sequential stereo.

Stereo Projectors

​Projector issues and ​content production by Matt Dougherty.

Memory

​Memory needed for large data display. We suggest using a 64-bit version of Chimera (Linux and Mac available, Windows in Fall 2010) if your machine has more than 4 Gbytes of memory.

Input Devices

​Miscellaneous input devices reviewed: Wii, Space Navigator, web-cam head-tracking, force-feedback.