[vtkusers] Is -DVTK_RENDERING_BACKEND=OpenGL needed for Haswell with 7.0.0?

[Ken Martin]

Yes, you should be fine with VTK 7.0, OpenGL2 and Haswell.  - Ken

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Elvis Stansvik <
elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm about to try a compile of VTK 7.0.0 release on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial).
>
> The machine where I need this to run has a Haswell Intel graphics chip
> (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4400), which supports the OpenGL 3.3 profile. Will
> the new OpenGL backend (the version in 7.0.0) support this graphics card,
> or will I need to use the old backend with -DVTK_RENDERING_BACKEND=OpenGL?
>
> I read that support for is for Ivy Bridge and later in 7.0.0, so I think I
> should be OK right?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Elvis
>
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