Blender Documentation Volume II - Reference Guide: Last modified July 08 2004 S68
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# Graphics Compatibility Test Results

In the table herebelow good (or bad) performance refers community collected results and condensate several threads in the varoius Blender forums.

It is obviously incomplete, since no extensive tests have ever been carried out, and could be inaccurate, sice drivers could have been released, solving problems. It is nevertheless a precious starting point. Beware than this list is concerned with Modelling and Rendering, not with the real time engine, which is not covered by this Book. Good performances in modelling can becomepoor in realtime. Please refer to the Gamekit Book for a list relative to the game engine too.

'OK' means Blender roons smoothly; 'MG' means minor glitches; 'PP' works with poor performances; 'NO' means problems; 'NT' means not tested.

Table 1. Card Manufacturers

Company | Commonly used chipset
--- | ---
3Dfx | 3Dfx
AOpen | NVidia/SiS
Asus | NVidia
ATI | ATI
Creative | NVidia
Diamond Multimedia | NVidia/S3
Elsa | NVidia
Gainward | NVidia/S3
Gigabyte | NVidia
Hercules | NVidia/PowerVR
Leadtek | 3DLabs/NVidia
Matrox | Matrox
Videologic | PowerVR/S3

Table 2. Chipset Manufacturers

Company | Chipsets | Driver Page
--- | --- | ---
3Dfx | Banshee/Voodoo | http://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=0
3DLabs | Permedia | http://www.3dlabs.com/support/drivers/index.htm
ATI | Rage/Radeon | http://mirror.ati.com/support/driver.html
Intel | i740/i810/i815 | http://developer.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/
Matrox | G200/G400/G450 | http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm
NVidia | Vanta/Riva 128/Riva/TNT/GeForce |
PowerVR | KYRO/KYRO II | http://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp
Rentition | Verite | http://www.micron.com/content.jsp?path=Products/ITG
S3 Graphics | Savage | http://www.s3graphics.com/DRVVIEW.HTM
SiS | 300/305/315/6326 | http://www.sis.com/support/driver/index.htm
Trident Microsystems | Blade/CyberBlade | http://www.tridentmicro.com/site/go.asp?dest=drivers

Table 3. Card Types

Chipset Manufacturer | Chipset Model | Windows 98 | Windows 2000 | Windows XP | Linux | MacOSX
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3Dfx | Banshee | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
3Dfx | Voodoo 3000 | PP | PP | NT | NT | NT
3Dfx | Voodoo 5500 | OK | NT | NT | NT | NT
3D Labs | Wildcat | NT | OK | NT | NT | NT
ATI | All-In-Wonder 128 | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
ATI | Rage II 3D | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
ATI | Rage Pro 3D | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
ATI | Radeon DDR VIVO | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT
ATI | Radeon 7500 | OK | NT | OK | NT | OK
ATI | Radeon 9000 | NO | NT | NT | NO | NT
ATI | Radeon 9700 | NT | NT | NT | NO | NT
ATI | 128 Fury | NT | NT | NT | NO | NT
ATI | Radeon Mobility M7LW | NT | NT | NT | MG | NT
ATI | Radeon Mobility M6 | NT | NT | OK | NT | NT
ATI | Radeon Mobility 7500 | NT | NT | NT | OK | NT
ATI | Radeon Mobility 8500 | NT | NT | N0 | NT | NT
ATI | Radeon Mobility 9000 | NT | NT | OK | NT | OK
Intel | 82845G/GL | NT | NT | NO | NT | NT
Intel | i810 | NT | NT | NT | NO | NT
Matrox | Millennium G200 | PP | PP | NT | NT | NT
Matrox | Millennium G400 | PP | PP | NT | NT | NT
Matrox | Millennium G450 | PP | PP | NT | NT | NT
Matrox | Parhelia | NT | NT | OK | NT | NT
NVidia | TNT | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT
NVidia | Vanta | OK | OK | NT | NT | NT
NVidia | TNT2 | OK | OK | NO | NT | OK
NVidia | GeForce DDR | OK | NT | NT | NT | NT
NVidia | GeForce 2 | OK | MG | OK | OK | NT
NVidia | GeForce 2 MX400 | NT | NT | OK | OK | NT
NVidia | GeForce 2GTS | NT | OK | OK | OK | NT
NVidia | GeForce 4 | NT | NT | OK | NT | NT
NVidia | GeForce 4MX | NT | NT | OK | OK | NT
PowerVR | Kyro | MG | MG | NT | NT | NT
Rendition | Verite 2200 | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
S3 | Virge | OK | NT | NT | NT | NT
S3 | Trio 64 | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
S3 | Savage 4 | NT | PP | NT | NT | NT
S3 | Super Savage | NT | NT | NO | NT | NT
S3 | Savage Pro | NO | NT | NT | NT | NT
SiS | 6326 | PP | NT | NT | NT | NT
SiS | 315 | NT | NT | NO | NT | NT

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