Hello, The FAQ clearly says that it works only with nVidia:
http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ ATI OpenGL drivers are just bogus, specially when it concerns GLSL, FBO and NPOT. Even if the extensions exist, it just does not work. Regards. On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Stefan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear vtkEdge experts, > > > > I just run some tests with the gpu based raycaster that is included in > vtkedge-5.4. While it gives excellent results on the Nvidia cards we have > here, I can’t make it run on ATI cards. Apparently, the required OpenGL > extensions can’t be loaded. I looked into the code and found the following > lines: > > > > // Assume success > > this->LoadExtensionsSucceeded=1; > > > > const char *gl_vendor=reinterpret_cast<const char > *>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR)); > > if(strstr(gl_vendor,"ATI")!=0) > > { > > this->LoadExtensionsSucceeded=0; > > return; > > } > > > > Does this mean the raycasting algorithm does not run on any ATI card? It is > very important for my application to run on ATI graphics cards, so I have > two questions. > > > > Is there any procedure (e.g. compiling with DirectX SDK) to make the > vtkKWEOpenGLGPUVolumeRayCastMapper work on ATI cards? > > > > If not, why doesn’t it work? As far as I looked through the code, all the > used extensions are supported by my ATI card. > > > > Thank you very much in advance! > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > VtkEdge mailing list > [email protected] > http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vtkedge > > -- François Bertel, PhD | Kitware Inc. Suite 204 1 (518) 371 3971 x113 | 28 Corporate Drive | Clifton Park NY 12065, USA _______________________________________________ VtkEdge mailing list [email protected] http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vtkedge
