[Sidefx-houdini-list] ATI 5xxx series graphics card experiences(Win7)

[c.p.brown]

Prefs > compositing > cooking > 'use GPU to assist compositing'.
With this on I get a mangled display with some ops, especially scale.

-cpb

Subject: Re: [Sidefx-houdini-list] ATI 5xxx series graphics card
experiences(Win7)
   From: craigleehoffman at aol.com
   Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:58:48 -0400
     To: sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com


 

 What exactly do you mean by "except for COPs with GPU Acceleration on".  

Is GPU acceleration a new thing COPs specific option?  I haven't used COPs
in a while...  

Thanks,
Craig


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: c.p.brown <cpb at snotbubble.com>
To: sidefx-houdini-list at sidefx.com
Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 1:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Sidefx-houdini-list] ATI 5xxx series graphics card
experiences (Win7)


All good (HD5450), except for COPs with gpu acceleration on.



craigleehoffman at aol.com wrote:



> (Resending with clearer subject line to hopefully elicit some responses...)

>

>Hi guys,

>

>I know this has been beaten to death in the past, but anyone having problems 

(or good luck..) with the new ATI 5xxx series GPUs running Houdini on
Windows 7?  



>

>Generally I stick to NVidia cards, but I want to get a new laptop that supports 

DirectX 11 (for future-proofing), and the ATI 5000 series (5730
specifically on 

the laptop I am looking at) are the only affordable DX11 mobile GPU's out
(not 

sure if the NVidia Fermi chips have shipped yet- but they likely won't be 

cheap...).

>

>In my research (Forums/Odforce/etc.) it seems that the older ATI cards on XP 

had some driver issues with Houdini but were getting better and I am
wondering 

if the 5000 series cards have the OpenGL for Houdini ironed out.

>

>Thanks for any information/insight.

>

>Cheers,

>Craig Hoffman

> 

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