| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57447] |
Sun, 09 December 2007 15:16  |
ronn
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Registered: April 1999
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>> David
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>> P.S. Do you suppose Ronn is in on this ITTVIS conspiracy?
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Egads, I have been found out....
-Ronn
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57462 is a reply to message #57459] |
Sun, 09 December 2007 09:20  |
Vince Hradil
Messages: 574
Registered: December 1999
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On Dec 9, 11:01 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
>> Maybe I can answer my own question. It looks to me like
>> I need a card that supports OpenGL 2.0. Mine is only
>> OpenGL 1.5 compliant. I guess the other day when I was
>> buying enough RAM to run IDL 7.0 I should have pitched
>> a graphics card into the shopping cart, too. :-)
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> Yikes! Performance on graphics cards has passed me by,
> just like everything else. :-(
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> I don't think I need a GTX Ultra GDDR3 AGP, whatever
> the hell that is. But I do need something to keep from
> being embarrassed. Any of you running anything you like
> that will show Ronn's Christmas Card in all its glory and
> won't break the bank?
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> Cheers,
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> David
> --
> 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.")
I'm getting a solid snowflake randomly moving around. Nice, but not
what it should be. David, how did you determine the OpenGL
capabilities of your card?
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| Re: Kling's Christmas Card [message #57522 is a reply to message #57464] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 10:32 |
Rick Towler
Messages: 821
Registered: August 1998
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David Fanning wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
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>> Maybe I can answer my own question. It looks to me like
>> I need a card that supports OpenGL 2.0. Mine is only
>> OpenGL 1.5 compliant. I guess the other day when I was
>> buying enough RAM to run IDL 7.0 I should have pitched
>> a graphics card into the shopping cart, too. :-)
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> Yikes! Performance on graphics cards has passed me by,
> just like everything else. :-(
>
> I don't think I need a GTX Ultra GDDR3 AGP, whatever
> the hell that is. But I do need something to keep from
> being embarrassed. Any of you running anything you like
> that will show Ronn's Christmas Card in all its glory and
> won't break the bank?
Oh boy. By the time you are done with this upgrade you would have been
able to buy a shiny new Dell!
I tend to stick with nVidia based cards as they have historically had
better OpenGL and linux support. I think you have to look to the 6600
or better for OGL 2.0 support. Since you most likely have a computer
with an AGP socket, that will limit you to the 6600, 6800, or 7x00. An
additional consideration is current draw. Since I know you're not the
kind of guy who knows off the top of his head the power output of your
PC's power supply and who manufactured it (I mean, you are considering
buying a Mac*), I would recommend sticking to the few cards that don't
require an additional power plug. If you really want to take your
current PC as far as it can go you'll need to crawl under the desk.
Given this restriction, how about this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814136 008
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.
If you do upgrade your card, download and install the latest drivers
from www.nvidia.com (for windows). If you're running linux I'll leave
that exercise up to you.
-Rick
* I'm kidding, Macatistas. It's a joke. No need to get worked up.
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