> I have not seen this to be a problem with OpenGL. All windows boxes for > the last 3-4 years have had good OpenGL drivers, even the laptops. What > windows boxes have you seen that don't come with openGL drivers installed?
The problem seems to be widespread as far as I can tell; but that's not very helpful so I'll give a concrete example: the ATI Rage Pro. Using the included Microsoft-supplied drivers, performance is awful (there appears to be no hardware acceleration). However, if you install ATI's "alternate driver" from their website, performance seems pretty good. I checked ATI's website, and for every release of Windows, it states: "The RAGE PRO driver included with Windows [whatever] does NOT support OpenGL." Same message is given for their other cards, if Windows shipped with drivers for them. It's happened with other cards too, which is why (unfortunately), it seems like Direct3D support is a must. Hence I'm curious as to whether the (hopeful) release of Java3D this month will finally remedy the deployment situation. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
