JavaFX 3D on older GPUs

[Joseph Andresen]

Usually shader model 3 or better is perfect for prism.

Anything else guys??



On May 23, 2012, at 5:48 PM, Kim Topley <kimtopley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a list of the reasons why a card might not be supported? If I were going to buy a laptop and wanted to be sure it would be supported by Prism, what would I look for?
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Joseph Andresen <joseph.andresen at oracle.com> wrote:
> Your card is not supported by prism. You can check if a system supports 3d by using the isSupported method (can't remember where .. Maybe in application). I know ensemble does this and instantiates a parallel camera if 3d is not supported.
> 
> As for why it isn't supported, there are a lot of reasons that lead to a card not being supported, usually it fails to meet one of our minimal requirements.
> 
> 
> 
> On May 20, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Adam Granger <adam at adamish.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes depth test enabled, I'm trying to run some code that worked fine under
> > Windows/JavaFX 2.0
> >
> > http://www.adamish.com/tmp/jfx_depth_buffer_bug/DepthBufferProblems.java
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Did you enable depth testing?
> >>
> >> Am 20.05.2012 12:24, schrieb Adam Granger:
> >>> Greetings,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to get JavaFX going on my somewhat ageing first-gen Intel
> >>> iMac (GPU - ATI Radeon X1600) using JavaFX 2.2 b08. However, anything I
> >>> do involving 3D (PerspectiveCamera + depthTest etc)  does not render
> >>> correctly... as if there is no depth buffer - like I saw 6 months ago:
> >>> http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-17446
> >>>
> >>> I've done some digging around, and found this:
> >>>
> >>> "If your system does not support Prism, then JavaFX uses the Java2D
> >>> software pipeline under Prism."
> >>> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/system_requirements/jfxpub-system_requirements.htm
> >>>
> >>> ==========
> >>> This was the output I got using -Dprism.verbose=true
> >>> Prism pipeline init order: es2 j2d
> >>> Using t2k for text rasterization
> >>> Using dirty region optimizations
> >>> Prism pipeline name = com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> >>> Loading ES2 native library ...
> >>>    succeeded.
> >>> (X) Got class = class com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> >>> **** GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object detected ****
> >>> Failed ES2GPUQualifier check.
> >>> System GPU doesn't meet the es2 pipe requirement
> >>> GraphicsPipeline.createPipeline: error initializing pipeline
> >>> com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> >>> *** Fallback to Prism SW pipeline
> >>> Prism pipeline name = com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> >>> (X) Got class = class com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> >>> Initialized prism pipeline: com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> >>> ==========
> >>>
> >>> Questions:
> >>> 1) do these sys reqs also apply to the 2.2 Mac builds
> >>> 2) is this true that if your GPU is not supported then only 2D support
> >>> is provided? or is it more likely I'm going something wrong?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Adam.
> >>
> >>
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> >
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