Blender Documentation Volume II - Reference Guide: Last modified July 08 2004 S68
<<< PreviousSupported videocardsNext >>>

Graphics Compatibility Test Results

In the table herebelow good (or bad) performance refers community collected results and condensate several threads in the varoius Blender forums.

It is obviously incomplete, since no extensive tests have ever been carried out, and could be inaccurate, sice drivers could have been released, solving problems. It is nevertheless a precious starting point. Beware than this list is concerned with Modelling and Rendering, not with the real time engine, which is not covered by this Book. Good performances in modelling can becomepoor in realtime. Please refer to the Gamekit Book for a list relative to the game engine too.

'OK' means Blender roons smoothly; 'MG' means minor glitches; 'PP' works with poor performances; 'NO' means problems; 'NT' means not tested.

Table 1. Card Manufacturers

CompanyCommonly used chipset
3Dfx3Dfx
AOpenNVidia/SiS
AsusNVidia
ATIATI
CreativeNVidia
Diamond MultimediaNVidia/S3
ElsaNVidia
GainwardNVidia/S3
GigabyteNVidia
HerculesNVidia/PowerVR
Leadtek3DLabs/NVidia
MatroxMatrox
VideologicPowerVR/S3

Table 2. Chipset Manufacturers

CompanyChipsetsDriver Page
3DfxBanshee/Voodoohttp://www.voodoofiles.com/type.asp?cat_id=0
3DLabsPermediahttp://www.3dlabs.com/support/drivers/index.htm
ATIRage/Radeonhttp://mirror.ati.com/support/driver.html
Inteli740/i810/i815http://developer.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/
MatroxG200/G400/G450http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm
NVidiaVanta/Riva 128/Riva/TNT/GeForce 
PowerVRKYRO/KYRO IIhttp://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp
RentitionVeritehttp://www.micron.com/content.jsp?path=Products/ITG
S3 GraphicsSavagehttp://www.s3graphics.com/DRVVIEW.HTM
SiS300/305/315/6326http://www.sis.com/support/driver/index.htm
Trident MicrosystemsBlade/CyberBladehttp://www.tridentmicro.com/site/go.asp?dest=drivers

Table 3. Card Types

Chipset ManufacturerChipset ModelWindows 98Windows 2000Windows XPLinuxMacOSX
3DfxBansheePPNTNTNTNT
3DfxVoodoo 3000PPPPNTNTNT
3DfxVoodoo 5500OKNTNTNTNT
3D LabsWildcatNTOKNTNTNT
ATIAll-In-Wonder 128PPNTNTNTNT
ATIRage II 3DPPNTNTNTNT
ATIRage Pro 3DPPNTNTNTNT
ATIRadeon DDR VIVOOKOKNTNTNT
ATIRadeon 7500OKNTOKNTOK
ATIRadeon 9000NONTNTNONT
ATIRadeon 9700NTNTNTNONT
ATI128 FuryNTNTNTNONT
ATIRadeon Mobility M7LWNTNTNTMGNT
ATIRadeon Mobility M6NTNTOKNTNT
ATIRadeon Mobility 7500NTNTNTOKNT
ATIRadeon Mobility 8500NTNTN0NTNT
ATIRadeon Mobility 9000NTNTOKNTOK
Intel82845G/GLNTNTNONTNT
Inteli810NTNTNTNONT
MatroxMillennium G200PPPPNTNTNT
MatroxMillennium G400PPPPNTNTNT
MatroxMillennium G450PPPPNTNTNT
MatroxParheliaNTNTOKNTNT
NVidiaTNTOKOKNTNTNT
NVidiaVantaOKOKNTNTNT
NVidiaTNT2OKOKNONTOK
NVidiaGeForce DDROKNTNTNTNT
NVidiaGeForce 2OKMGOKOKNT
NVidiaGeForce 2 MX400NTNTOKOKNT
NVidiaGeForce 2GTSNTOKOKOKNT
NVidiaGeForce 4NTNTOKNTNT
NVidiaGeForce 4MXNTNTOKOKNT
PowerVRKyroMGMGNTNTNT
RenditionVerite 2200PPNTNTNTNT
S3VirgeOKNTNTNTNT
S3Trio 64PPNTNTNTNT
S3Savage 4NTPPNTNTNT
S3Super SavageNTNTNONTNT
S3Savage ProNONTNTNTNT
SiS6326PPNTNTNTNT
SiS315NTNTNONTNT
<<< PreviousHomeNext >>>
Mac OSXUpThe Licenses