Greetings, I learned a little more about Intel video drivers for Windows yesterday and wanted to share the news with the community.
First, there is a difference between "Intel Graphics" and "Intel HD Graphics" and their other mobile chipsets. It is important that you choose the correct driver for your device. Yesterday, a user downloaded the wrong driver (he downloaded the non-HD version) and PyMOL had some issues. A few minutes later, when he installed the correct HD version of his driver, all issues went away. Second, always try to use the latest driver. PyMOL v1.4 and later need a driver that can render GLSL 1.2 or later. The old Intel drivers had GLSL 1.10 capabilities. The new drivers were updated to GLSL 1.3. Next, try to stay away from these Intel mobile video cards if you can. First, they're notoriously problematic. Second, they don't even have their own video memory--they use system RAM. Third, Intel is extremely unsupportive when it comes to driver feedback and community involvement. Last, the latest Intel Mobile drivers were updated a few months ago (Sept--Nov) so if you haven't you might consider upgrading. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Jason -- Jason Vertrees, PhD PyMOL Product Manager Schrodinger, LLC (e) jason.vertr...@schrodinger.com (o) +1 (603) 374-7120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
