[vtkusers] video card

[Ted Christiansen]

Robert,

I have an Oxygen GVX1 on a 800 Mhz PIII running NT.  It works well.  Comparing OpenGL graphics
cards is best done by comparing the SPEC viewperf results (www.spec.org).  This benchmark
software and datasets is used by almost every vendor to help you compare the graphics
performance in a particular system (which has an influence).  If the manufacturer does not have
any results in their webpage, send them an email and ask them.  The GVX1 card is already 1 year
old, there may be better values (polygons/sec per dollar) out there.

Ted

Robert Mitchell wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am currently using VTK along with MFC  - creating an environment to
> investigate a structure created from an image. As such, I have two
> render windows, both vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow. The first window
> renders an image which I pan/zoom, as well as display contours, and an
> image overlay as well. The other window renders a HUGE amount of sphere
> glyphs and tubes. I have at the moment a PIII 933 cpu and only 128MB
> ram. Any interaction and picking operations take forever - mainly due to
> all the memory being used, however, once I upgrade to 512MB I will be
> looking for a decent video card as well.
>
> I am currently thinking of :
>
> ASUS V7700 GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR AGP Deluxe TV-Out)
> OR
> 3DLabs OxygenGVX1
> OR
> ELSA GLoria II
>
> Never bought a good video card before, so could someone advise as to:
> Is price between them justified (anti-aliasing would be nice?)
> Any better suggestions for my setup?
>
> I am actually using the mouse clicking collector Win95, however, will be
> trying to get NT soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
> --
> Robert Mitchell
> Faculty of Engineering
> University of Technology, Sydney
> +61 2 9514 2317
>
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