When I checked on this last, Nuke was not capable of sending a 10-bit signal
to the video card even if 10 bpp color is enabled in the drivers. Has this
been addressed in a subsequent version, or maybe 6.3?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Gabor L. Toth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we got dell u2711 monitors, and geforce 580 gtx cards (with displayport).
> We want to check the cards if they are capable of 10bit display or not
> (win7, gtx580, display cable, u2711). But we are having problem  making a
> proper test. We tried viewing the usual ramp.psd (from ati) in photoshop cs5
> (as some adobe forum topic suggested), with performance options set
> properly, but the ramp remained striped. It wasn't a surprise, but it was
> when the same happened with a quadro fx 1800 also (with which should be
> fine).
> We checked with moninfo.exe, and it displayed that the geforces are using
> 10 bit color.
> In nuke setting the viewer to half-float, and checking "use gpu for viewer"
> makes ramp smooth on any monitor/card, not just the dell/geforce.
> So my question: is there a way to test 10bit display mode for sure?  Or is
> there anyone using similar monitor/card combo and can confirm? I read a lot
> forum topics, but the statements are contradictory, some saying the geforce
> drivers are not supporting yet, some aren't. Any advice on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Gabor
>
>
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