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

[Elvis Stansvik]

2016-05-25 13:49 GMT+02:00 Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>:

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

Great, thanks!

Elvis


>
> 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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