| Kling's Christmas Card [message #57467] |
Sun, 09 December 2007 08:15  |
David Fanning
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Hi Ronn,
Nice Christmas Card, as always. But I don't think I am
seeing the full effect. How can I tell if my graphics
card "supports shaders"? And if it does, what do I do to
turn this functionality on?
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57519 is a reply to message #57467] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 10:50  |
David Fanning
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Rick Towler writes:
> Oh boy. By the time you are done with this upgrade you would have been
> able to buy a shiny new Dell!
Yeah, well, the upgrade (without a new power supply, see below) has
been less than $500, leaving me a little cash to buy a new laptop.
My choice is between a fully tricked out DELL with a 17-inch flat-panel
monitor for my wife's pitiful machine thrown in, for $2300, or a
similarly equipped Mac, with no extra monitor, for $3800. (Yep, no
brainer, at least according to my wife.)
> Given this restriction, how about this:
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814136 008
Alas, I ordered the XFX GeForce 7600 XT. I hope the power supply
doesn't blow the day I install it. :-(
> I'm sure it is a fine card and will display Ronn's card acceptably. Let
> me also introduce you to the "egg". May you never spend $240 on a
> memory upgrade again.
Actually, the "egg" is where I got the memory. Apple wanted to
charge me $700 for the same thing to provide the equivalent
amount of memory on the laptop.
> If you do upgrade your card, download and install the latest drivers
> from www.nvidia.com (for windows).
Roger, that. I've got the install thing just about sorted now.
I even know how to crawl around under my desk and inside my
machine. Ask me about that sometime. :-(
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57521 is a reply to message #57467] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 10:39 |
edward.s.meinel@aero.
Messages: 52
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On Dec 10, 12:48 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> edward.s.mei...@aero.org writes:
>> Oh, joy. And to think that I started using IDL so many years ago
>> because it was "platform independent"...
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> I can assure you the new IDL Workbench is platform
> independent. I am using it equally successfully on
> all platforms. ;-)
Right. All platforms, as long as they aren't 64-bit or Mac...
Ed "all I want for Christmas is an IDL that works" Meinel
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57523 is a reply to message #57467] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 09:48 |
David Fanning
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edward.s.meinel@aero.org writes:
> Oh, joy. And to think that I started using IDL so many years ago
> because it was "platform independent"...
I can assure you the new IDL Workbench is platform
independent. I am using it equally successfully on
all platforms. ;-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57524 is a reply to message #57467] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 09:43 |
edward.s.meinel@aero.
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David Fanning wrote:
> Hi Ronn,
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> Nice Christmas Card, as always. But I don't think I am
> seeing the full effect. How can I tell if my graphics
> card "supports shaders"? And if it does, what do I do to
> turn this functionality on?
Of course, I'm not seeing any effects, because:
Note
IDL does not provide DXF functionality under Macintosh OS X or on 64-
bit platforms.
Oh, joy. And to think that I started using IDL so many years ago
because it was "platform independent"...
Ed
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