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Subject: RDS and ATI

bh404 opened this issue on Nov 09, 2001 · 5 posts
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bh404 ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 1:26 AM · edited Fri, 08 November 2024 at 12:19 PM

Not too long ago I just purchased an ATI radeon card for my Power Mac 300mhz G3 and I've hardly noticed a difference in performace using RD 5.0.4. Is there something I'm not doing right? Perhaps I'm missing a plug-in or extension?

willf ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 8:22 AM

Video cards won't speed-up actual render times but it should help with drawing to screen & area renders. Check to see that the OpenGL drivers in tour extensions folder are the latest version & check the preffs for RDS to see if ther's an option for OpenGL (been to long since I've used it to remember). The best option would be to upgrade to CarraraStudio, the render times are about 5 times better then RDS 5.0.4 (or more).

bh404 ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 9:30 PM

Do you mean four extensions folder? There doesn't seem to be anything that goes by the name Open GL in there. Is there perhaps a place online I can download the required extensions? As for upgrading to Carrara, well I'm not straped for cash which is why I'm still using RDS.

willf2 ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 10:21 PM

Whoops, guess I shouldn't type in the dark. That should read in "your" extensions folder (not the RDS application folder extensions). Actually, they should be in your Macs extensions folder within the Systems Folder. You can get the latest extensions from Versiontracker at: http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=391&db=mac Check to see if there are current drivers included for the Radeo card within the download, Apple normally includes them with the latest extensions but not always (depends on when the're released).

willf2 ( ) posted Fri, 09 November 2001 at 11:16 PM

Note, make sure to make back-up copies of your old OpenGL extensions & ATI drivers before you install the new ones just in case your set-up dosn't like the new drivers. Or, just drag them out of your system folder & into a temp folder on your desktop. Normally there are several pieces in the download (up to 7 ATI drivers & maby 6 OpenGL extensions). Also, in the Prefrences for RDS > Shaded Preview, select RAVE Hardware in the pull-down selector instead of RAVE Software or RayDream ZBuffer. This will tell the app to use the video card you have installed. Finally, sometimes the hardware acceleration will not work if the screen resolution isn't set high enough. try a couple different settings for your screen to see what happens, You should try this app called SwitchRes: http://www.madrau.com/

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