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- OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC UPDATE
- OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC PRO
- OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC SOFTWARE
For NVIDIA, ATI/ AMD, most graphics card from NVIDIA‘s 4th generation (and above) support OpenGL 3.x, this includes ‘m’ or mobile class embedded GPUs, i.e.
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If this is unknown, type “ Device Manager” into the Start menu Search bar (or Cortana) and check the “ Display adapters” listing, it should read something like “ Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000” for example, that’s mid-second generation Intel CPU (2xxx).ĭesign note: Intel’s graphics infrastructure is a component of the CPU rather than a separate or dedicated external card as might be provided by nVidia or AMD so the nomenclature used may not be specifically generational as that might otherwise be thought HD 2000, 3000 and some 4000 subsystems for example, can be found on Intel i3/i5/i7 2nd generation CPU’s (e.g. To check if the “ Unsupported graphics driver” error is the actual problem starting Blender 2.8 or above, first determine the systems graphics capabilities.
OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC SOFTWARE
IMPORTANT NOTE: unfortunately Blender 2.8 and above to the latest versions will not run on a “Potato PC” so a bigger potato, or an appropriately sized sack of potatoes, preferably of a red or russet variety, will need to be purchased at some point – sadly there is no way to avoid this recipe requirement without burning everything and setting the kitchen on fire.ĭesign note: generally speaking Blender not running on a given computer is more likely a hardware, rather than software issue (notwithstanding operating system/driver incompatibilities). Unfortunately this mean it may not run when installed to older computers, desktop or laptop alike, unless the graphics sub-systems support OpenGL 3.3 or above.
OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC UPDATE
Update 10/23: I added the new late 2012 Macs to the list.Blender 2.8+ and beyond (Blender 2.9+, 3.x, 4.x et al) is as much of a change from version 2.79 as 2.50 was from 2.49, in that significant parts of the internal rendering system has been rewritten to accommodate more modern systems and effects. I also assume that the Intel HD 3000 is capable of OpenGL 3.3 as 3.3 was intended to ‘backport’ GL 4 features that don’t rely on new hardware features to older hardware. Update 6/18: As Christophe Riccio pointed out, all AMD Radeon 50 should be capable of OpenGL 4.2. To sum everything up: Apple, where are my OpenGL 4 drivers? Most All of your Macs could already support it! More information about the supported OpenGL features and extensions on MacOS X can be found here. OpenGL 4 capable iMacs and MacPros began even to appear in mid 2010 (but I limited this list to go back only to 2011)… When we look at the currently available Macs we will find out, that just the MacMini is still stuck with an Intel HD 3000 and thus is not capable of OpenGL 4 (but you could even buy a Mini with a decent GPU): This makes it just more depressing that Apple limits this chip to just OpenGL 3.2 – something a G80 from 2006 can also deliver (in fact, on other operating systems a G80 would give you OpenGL 3.3). This chip is not only capable of delivering OpenGL 4.2 but also shiny new features like bindless textures: one way of supporting Virtual Texturing in hardware and maybe something we will see in some form in OpenGL 5.0.
OPENGL 3.3–CAPABLE GRAPHICS CARD MAC PRO
The latest MacBook Pro just got a GeForce 650M – a Kepler based GPU.