[Chimera-users] OS X aqua version

[Thomas Goddard]

Hi Glenn,

   I compared the molecule rendering speed with Mac X11 and Mac Aqua 
Chimera snapshots (version 1.2524) and found them to be the same on an 
Intel Mac PowerBook with Radeon X1600 graphics and on a Power Mac G5 
with Radeon ATI 9800 pro graphics.  Here are scores for the G5 system

Aqua
Molecule 1f4h (33805 atoms):
Null	Wire	Stick	BStick	Ribbon	Sphere	Ops
59.8	59.8	3.4	3.7	11.1	6.0	13.4

X11
Molecule 1f4h (33805 atoms):
Null	Wire	Stick	BStick	Ribbon	Sphere	Ops
70.8	86.3	3.4	3.7	9.4	5.9	14.9

(The aqua values are clamped to my display refresh of 60 Hz.)  You could 
try this on your system using Tools / Utilities / Benchmark.  You can 
click the "Show individual test controls" checkbutton and press the 
"Molecule" button to just run the molecule tests.

   If the numbers do come out much different for X11 versus Aqua could 
you use Help / Report A Bug... to send us the numbers?  Using that 
dialog will send us the technical specs for your graphics.

	Tom