[#VWR-13018] Nvidia GeForce G 105M unrecognized by SL viewer

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Nvidia GeForce G 105M unrecognized by SL viewer

Created: 27/Apr/09 08:07 AM Updated: 01/Nov/09 08:52 AM

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Graphics

Affects Version/s:

1.23 Release Candidate

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Second Life 1.22.11 (113976) Mar 6 2009 16:05:03 (Second Life Release Candidate)
Release Notes

CPU: Intel Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon (0.25 micron process) with external L2 cache (2094 MHz)
Memory: 2047 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce G 105M/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.1.2

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.7c zlib/1.2.3
J2C Decoder Version: KDU
Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.740000
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.23489 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.13_0000000000)

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~~VWR-13947~~ Viewer gpu_list.txt does not include some recent NVIDIA graphics cards

VWR-3099 Meta-issue: Unsupported Graphics Adapters

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This is small, but you may be able to do something about it before the final version of the release candidate. I have a new laptop (yay!) and it has a fairly nice nividia graphics chip in it, and the SL viewer complains that its not recognized. Even with that, it seems to go ahead and work pretty nicely, but the message is an annoyance. The Environment above will show the graphics adapter. My reading online would put it at about the 9300 speed, but 20% faster..

aaron

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Ellla McMahon added a comment - 27/Apr/09 03:19 PM

Aaron, please see Gellan's comments on ~~VWR-12581~~ comment - 25/Mar/09 09:47 PM and VWR-11527 comment - 12/Jan/09 06:58 PM .

There are two possible workarounds until the new Nvidia Graphics Card is added to the supported cards list.

Thank you : )

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aaron23 decuir added a comment - 04/May/09 05:34 AM

The new release candidate 1.23.0 also has this problem. Well, I suppose its a little worse - 1.23.0 claims that the Nvidia Geforce G 105m does not meet minimum requirements for SL. Which is palpably wrong. C'mon folks this isn't that hard. The part seems to have its lineage in the 9300 and according to benchmarks is about 20% faster - so maybe the correct equivalent is the 9400m.

Here's a nice summary and comparison: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-G-105M.13790.0.html

The glossies from Nvidia: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_g105m_us.html

Here's an update on the environment: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Second Life 1.23.0 (118378) Apr 24 2009 14:24:08 (Second Life Release Candidate)
Release Notes

Built with MSVC version 1400

CPU: Intel Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon (0.25 micron process) with external L2 cache (2094 MHz)
Memory: 2047 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce G 105M/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Version: 2.1.2

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.18.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
J2C Decoder Version: KDU
Audio Driver Version: FMOD version 3.740000
LLMozLib Version: [LLMediaImplLLMozLib] - 2.01.23654 (Mozilla GRE version 1.8.1.21_0000000000)

aaron

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Eristic Strangelove added a comment - 01/Nov/09 08:52 AM

I'm getting the same problem with a GeForce G 105M/PCI/SSE2 card in my new laptop.

In addition SL keeps setting Texture Memory to 128MB, presumably because it doesn't recognise the card, and I can't override this and get it to stick. With every relog it's gets set back to 128MB and I'm in the Land of Blur again. Bypassing the Hardware Probe doesn't seem to help either.

Any progress or hints on this issue?