I'll be gentle: Java Applets run in a sand box and except under controlled
situations, they can never access the kind of information you are asking of
them. This is one of the basic philosophies of Java applets that cause all
of us headaches, but in which most of us see the wisdom.
There are ways to do this, though. Just not as straightforward as you
suggested.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: The Casteels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 4:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [java3d] Any hardware recommendations for NT?
Here's a thought, something I've been thinking of for quite a while. (I
however don't
have near the expertise required)
This is all under the assumption that a Java applet could get system
information like
Video card make, memory, CPU speed, operating system, and browser info.
But it seems that some of you Java - Geniuses should be able to write a
server based
program and applet that, when accessed by a client browser would record
system
configurations and frame rates and anything else you can think of. The
results could
be bench marked and posted in tables or graphs. The applet would have to do
the
performance data gathering then transmit the results to the server app to
eliminate
any noise factors like modem speed or network congestion.
I think that, if possible, this kind of "real" data would be helpfull to us
all.
(P.S. if I'm completely out of my mind in suggesting this, be gentle in
correcting me)
Jim Nolan wrote:
> Also, it appears as though the list I mention below was just updated
today. It
> was almost a year out of date as of yesterday. I'll cc the list so that
anyone
> else looking for a board can have it for reference.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Nolan wrote:
> >
> > After sifting through the literature, and getting some other info from
> > http://www.opengl.org , I determined that what your statement meant was
that you
> > need a board that supports a "complete Installable Client Driver for
OpenGL".
> > You can find a list of these at
http://www.opengl.org/Products/Accelerators.html
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > "Price, Eric" wrote:
> > >
> > > Remember the one important thing that it hard to determine from these
> > > spects: Does the card support accelerated graphics in windowed mode
(as
> > > opposed to full-screen.)
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Nolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 5:21 AM
> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > Subject: Re: [java3d] Any hardware recommendations for NT?
> > >
> > > Eric,
> > > I recently surfed through the maze of video cards as well. There are
some
> > > reviews on http://www.hardwarecentral.com , http://www.3dhardware.net
, and
> > > PC
> > > Magazine just did a thorough review of video cards at
http://www.pcmag.com .
> > >
> > > From these reviews, it appears that the nVidia RIVA TNT chipset is the
way
> > > to go
> > > today. 3dLabs is supposed to be coming out w/ Permedia 3 in the next
few
> > > months, but if you need one now.... After looking through all of that
> > > information, I narrowed it down to 3 nVidia chipset cards: The Elsa
Erazor
> > > II,
> > > Creative Labs Graphics Blaster, and the STB Velocity 4400. I finally
> > > decided on
> > > the STB Velocity 4400 and ordered it just last night. It is worthy to
note
> > > that
> > > my local CompUSA carried none of those cards in stock, and I ended up
> > > ordering
> > > it from http://www.buycomp.com .
> > >
> > > I'll let you know what I think when I get a chance to play with the
card.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > "Price, Eric" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm interested in any recommendations anyone has for a video card. I
am NT
> > > > 4.0/Java3D environment and of course want something that accelerates
well
> > > in
> > > > windowed mode (as opposed to full screen.) This last point is a hard
one
> > > to
> > > > get answered by looking at the documentation for the various cards.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > >
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