That is interesting... I am *supposed* to be writing some pages about video drivers for the FAQ. I had better experience with a *BETA* driver available on the ATI pages... version 5.38.2b08... this driver is in their "Unsupported drivers" pages. This driver performed better for me in OpenGL. Are you using Direct3D or OpenGL?? -Lee J. Lee Dixon SAIC - Celebration, FL 407-566-1438 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: LeeOrlando -----Original Message----- From: Barry Walsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] ATI Rage Pro drivers - useful for FAQ also Hello all, After recently changing machines, I noticed drastic changes in rendering quality with the ATI Rage Pro video drivers. I had been using drivers 5.1.118 but "upgraded" to 5.2.040. This caused some horrible squares to appear at the vertices of polygons within a Shape3D when rendering in mode PolygonAttributes.POLYGON_LINE - (i.e. wire mesh - see attached screen shots). The squares appear and disappear as the shape is rotated. Switching back to the 5.1.118 drivers solved the problem. These squares did not seem to appear when rendering with filled polygons or when rendering with points only. The attached images show the differences between the two driver sets. The point is: I'd recommend sticking with 5.1.118 if your work involves a lot of wire frame models. <<Hull5-1-118.jpg>> <<Hull5-2.jpg>> Cheers, B. ---------- Oceanic Consulting Corporation P.O. Box 28009 St. John's, NF, Canada (709) 722-9060/9064(fax) http://www.oceaniccorp.com ---------- =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
