doesnt look like it . I had to use software raycast on the ATI<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Wagner Sales <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">The mail was pretty bounced from Francois :).<br>
<br>
Karthik, and in ATI Radeon, any news in any platform?<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
<br>
Wagner Sales<br>
<br>
2010/10/26 Karthik Krishnan <<a href="mailto:karthik.krishnan@kitware.com">karthik.krishnan@kitware.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Wagner Sales <<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi Francois,<br>
>><br>
>> Sorry by raise this question up newly, but GPU volume mappers are<br>
>> migrated to VTK since version 5.6 and aren't developed with VTKEdge<br>
>> (this is my assumption).<br>
><br>
> Yes. The GPU volume mappers are in VTK are now a part of VTK and will<br>
> not be an integral part of VTKEdge.<br>
><br>
>> The compatibility of GPU mappers on VTK are<br>
>> the same? ( works only with nVidia, windows or linux, not mac )<br>
><br>
> yes, its disabled on the mac<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Best Regards,<br>
>> Wagner Sales<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <<a href="mailto:francois.bertel@kitware.com">francois.bertel@kitware.com</a>>:<br>
>>> I don't see why OpenCL will change anything. It still have to be<br>
>>> implemented by the driver vendor.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Wagner Sales <<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> 2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <<a href="mailto:francois.bertel@kitware.com">francois.bertel@kitware.com</a>>:<br>
>>>>> ATI is not supported for at least two reasons:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> 1. ATI does not provide decent drivers for Linux. I bought a ATI<br>
>>>>> Radeon X1300 Pro, 256MB a while ago, it uses to be supported by a<br>
>>>>> buggy ATI driver (it was just freezing my screen now and then). Later<br>
>>>>> ATI drop support for Linux for this card, so by updating X11, the card<br>
>>>>> was only supported by Mesa.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> 2. We tried another ATI on Windows and the only feedback from the<br>
>>>>> driver was a compile error in a shader with an empty log (when the<br>
>>>>> same shader code of course passed on nVidia, Windows or Linux).<br>
>>>>> Imaging your C++ compiler just returning you "syntax error" without<br>
>>>>> giving you any other information, like the reason and the line number,<br>
>>>>> good luck with that.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Uow! Really annoying things. May in the future with better standards<br>
>>>> like OpenCL.<br>
>>>> Thanks, I'll buy an NVidia based laptop.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Wagner<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Wagner Sales <<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Sorry my poor English. The volume mapper don't works with ATI cards<br>
>>>>>> because a hardware issue or because ATI drivers?<br>
>>>>>> Since don't work with ATI, I'll go ahead to buy a laptop with NVidia card.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Wagner.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> 2010/1/28 Francois Bertel <<a href="mailto:francois.bertel@kitware.com">francois.bertel@kitware.com</a>>:<br>
>>>>>>> I don't get what you are asking for. Can you formulate your question<br>
>>>>>>> in proper English, please?<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Wagner Sales <<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>> Hi Francois,<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Then I can think are problems with ATI drivers?<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> Wagner<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> 2010/1/27 Francois Bertel <<a href="mailto:francois.bertel@kitware.com">francois.bertel@kitware.com</a>>:<br>
>>>>>>>>> There is no performance issue as the GPU volume mapper and the LIC<br>
>>>>>>>>> algortihms just don't work with ATI cards.<br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> ref: <a href="http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Run_time" target="_blank">http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Run_time</a><br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Wagner Sales <<a href="mailto:wsales@gmail.com">wsales@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,<br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm going to buy a new laptop ( my old Dell are at knees :) ). And I'm<br>
>>>>>>>>>> thinking in acquire one which haves modern ATI Radeon Graphics card.<br>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, since I ever used VTKEdge with nVidia cards, I really don't know<br>
>>>>>>>>>> about performance issues. Are someone using ATI Radeon or better,<br>
>>>>>>>>>> tested VTKEdge in both to tell about performance or other issues?<br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>>> Wagner Sales<br>
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