[Bf-docboard] Updated appendix_graphic_cards

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I'm sure I'm kind of unique as far as this specific problem (at least as 
it pertains to blending). Most users will probably (hopefully?) have 
enough sense to buy matching video cards and monitors when setting up a 
multi-head system! :)

I was thinking more of a section that gave more of a heads-up of 
potential problems. I've read about quite a few people that had video 
card problems on Windows in addition to X, and thought there might be 
some way of providing information of users' past experiences. Maybe not 
in this doc, but maybe somewhere. For myself, blender was the first 
program I noticed this behavior with (and only discovered it after 
upgrading to 2.25), and I didn't have a lot of trouble tracking down the 
cause, but there are a bunch of users that aren't very hardware savvy.

I guess what I'm suggesting isn't as concrete an idea as "put my example 
on page 105 and we'll start a searchable online database!", it's more 
like, is this type of thing (goofy, out-of-the-ordinary video card 
problems) something we may want to address somewhere in blender's world 
of information? For the 3D neophyte, blender may be their first 
experience with 3D, so they may discover a video card problem they 
didn't realize they had. I'm not sure if there are any definitive 
Windows video HOWTOs that are the equivalent to the X hardware 
compatibility HOWTO on Unix.

Just a thought, although I admit it's a bit ambiguous. :)

Alex

Bart Veldhuizen wrote:

>On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 01:57, Alex Heizer wrote:
>
>>Is there going to be a place for video card oddities? For example, I run 
>>a dual-monitor setup with X and xinerama. I have an NVidia GeForce2 and 
>>an ATI Radeon 7500. Last I checked, NVidia doesn't support OpenGL while 
>>using xinerama, but ATI does, and they use mutually exclusive GLXes 
>>anyway. So I blend on my ATI screen and don't do any 3D on my NVidia.
>>
>>Is there a place where issues like this can be noted?
>>
>
>If this is a common setup that Blender users are likely to run into we
>should include it in the videocard compatibility. If it's something
>exotic I think it should be in the X hardware FAQ, not in the Blender
>Manual.
>
>Opinions?
>
>Bart
>

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I'm sure I'm kind of unique as far as this specific problem (at least as
it pertains to blending). Most users will probably (hopefully?) have enough
sense to buy matching video cards and monitors when setting up a multi-head
system! :)<br>
<br>
I was thinking more of a section that gave more of a heads-up of potential
problems. I've read about quite a few people that had video card problems
on Windows in addition to X, and thought there might be some way of providing
information of users' past experiences. Maybe not in this doc, but maybe
somewhere. For myself, blender was the first program I noticed this behavior
with (and only discovered it after upgrading to 2.25), and I didn't have
a lot of trouble tracking down the cause, but there are a bunch of users
that aren't very hardware savvy.<br>
<br>
I guess what I'm suggesting isn't as concrete an idea as "put my example
on page 105 and we'll start a searchable online database!", it's more like,
is this type of thing (goofy, out-of-the-ordinary video card problems) something
we may want to address somewhere in blender's world of information? For the
3D neophyte, blender may be their first experience with 3D, so they may discover
a video card problem they didn't realize they had. I'm not sure if there
are any definitive Windows video HOWTOs that are the equivalent to the X
hardware compatibility HOWTO on Unix.<br>
<br>
Just a thought, although I admit it's a bit ambiguous. :)<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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Bart Veldhuizen wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 01:57, Alex Heizer wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Is there going to be a place for video card oddities? For example, I run <br>a dual-monitor setup with X and xinerama. I have an NVidia GeForce2 and <br>an ATI Radeon 7500. Last I checked, NVidia doesn't support OpenGL while <br>using xinerama, but ATI does, and they use mutually exclusive GLXes <br>anyway. So I blend on my ATI screen and don't do any 3D on my NVidia.<br><br>Is there a place where issues like this can be noted?<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap=""><!----><br>If this is a common setup that Blender users are likely to run into we<br>should include it in the videocard compatibility. If it's something<br>exotic I think it should be in the X hardware FAQ, not in the Blender<br>Manual.<br><br>Opinions?<br><br>Bart<br><br></pre>
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