2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <[email protected]>: > ATI is not supported for at least two reasons: > > 1. ATI does not provide decent drivers for Linux. I bought a ATI > Radeon X1300 Pro, 256MB a while ago, it uses to be supported by a > buggy ATI driver (it was just freezing my screen now and then). Later > ATI drop support for Linux for this card, so by updating X11, the card > was only supported by Mesa. > > 2. We tried another ATI on Windows and the only feedback from the > driver was a compile error in a shader with an empty log (when the > same shader code of course passed on nVidia, Windows or Linux). > Imaging your C++ compiler just returning you "syntax error" without > giving you any other information, like the reason and the line number, > good luck with that.
Uow! Really annoying things. May in the future with better standards like OpenCL. Thanks, I'll buy an NVidia based laptop. Wagner > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Wagner Sales <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry my poor English. The volume mapper don't works with ATI cards >> because a hardware issue or because ATI drivers? >> Since don't work with ATI, I'll go ahead to buy a laptop with NVidia card. >> >> Wagner. >> >> 2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <[email protected]>: >>> I don't get what you are asking for. Can you formulate your question >>> in proper English, please? >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Wagner Sales <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Francois, >>>> >>>> Then I can think are problems with ATI drivers? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Wagner >>>> >>>> 2010/1/27 Francois Bertel <[email protected]>: >>>>> There is no performance issue as the GPU volume mapper and the LIC >>>>> algortihms just don't work with ATI cards. >>>>> >>>>> ref: http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Run_time >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Wagner Sales <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to buy a new laptop ( my old Dell are at knees :) ). And I'm >>>>>> thinking in acquire one which haves modern ATI Radeon Graphics card. >>>>>> Well, since I ever used VTKEdge with nVidia cards, I really don't know >>>>>> about performance issues. Are someone using ATI Radeon or better, >>>>>> tested VTKEdge in both to tell about performance or other issues? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Wagner Sales >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> > > > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ VtkEdge mailing list [email protected] http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vtkedge
