The volume mapper should work on an nVidia card (GeForce 6 series or above), or Quadro equivalent:
ref: http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Run_time Windows or Linux. Not Mac. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Wagner Sales <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Francois, > > I've seem the migration of VTKEdge to VTK trunk ( that's really nice! ). > Since the volume mapper don't work with ATI because the buggy drivers, > I think this volume mapper can have some issues on other acceleration > cards different than nvidia. > Are some list of supported and/or unsupported cards/models? If not, > may this is an idea to post this information in VTK wiki. > > Thanks in advance, > > Wagner Sales > > 2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <[email protected]>: >> I don't see why OpenCL will change anything. It still have to be >> implemented by the driver vendor. >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Wagner Sales <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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. 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