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1. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Tai Lao Dec 5, 2011 12:37 PM (in response to cgrscott)Do you need help with a problem?
After reading your very long and very confusing post, I'm not sure.
FYI, you are not addressing Adobe here. We are all volunteer end-users just like you.
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2. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Tai Lao Dec 5, 2011 12:39 PM (in response to Tai Lao)Also FYI, Adobe does not always announce or specify bug fixes in update versions of an application, although sometimes they do.
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3. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Chris Cox Dec 5, 2011 12:45 PM (in response to cgrscott)The 7300 has been a constant problem - the drivers never really worked correctly. Sometimes it mostly works, other times it doesn't work at all.
Later Photoshop updates disabled OpenGL drawing entirely on that card.
I would avoid the NV 7300, and the X1000 series Radeon cards if at all possible.
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4. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
cgrscott Dec 5, 2011 2:27 PM (in response to Tai Lao)Thank you for replying and sharing your knowledge. Your anwer was helpful.
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6. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Tai Lao Dec 5, 2011 8:05 PM (in response to cgrscott)Chris Cox wrote:
The 7300 has been a constant problem - the drivers never really worked correctly. Sometimes it mostly works, other times it doesn't work at all.
Later Photoshop updates disabled OpenGL drawing entirely on that card.
I would avoid the NV 7300, and the X1000 series Radeon cards if at all possible.
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7. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
cgrscott Dec 5, 2011 9:19 PM (in response to Chris Cox)Chirs, thanks for your info but you are talking about Photoshop CS5, which does not support OpenGL drawing on the Mac nVidia 7300 or the Mac Radeon X1900. As long as I am using Photoshop CS4 and have not yet upgraded to CS5, I can continue to use the Mac nVidia 7300 and get limited OpenGL drawing support from Photoshop. And it is working fine.
Today I found out that Adobe has updated their OpenGL support information and apparemntly when I upgraded my Mac from Tiger to Leopard, and later, I gained Photoshop's Open GL support for the Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT:
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Supported video cards (Mac OS)
Intel-based Macintosh, tested on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4
17-inch iMac x1600, 128 MB
ATI HD 2600, 256 MB
MacBook Air intel GMA X3100
Nvidia Quadrofx 4500, 512 MB
Radeon x1900, 512 MBIntel-based Macintosh, tested on Mac OS X 10.5.4 only
8800 GT, 512 MB
iMac 8800 GS, 512 MB
Nvidia 8600M, 256 MBThe following Power PC cards work in Photoshop CS4: Nvidia 7800 (256 MB), Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT, and the Nvidia Quadro FX 4500.
Note: OpenGL is enabled for the GeForce 7300GT, but Advanced Drawing and 3D Acceleration are disabled.
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So, when I upgrade to Photoshop CS5, I will need to replace my video card with something compatible with Photoshop CS5s OpenGL drawing engine. Do you think the ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics Upgrade Kit, for my Mac Pro, will get Photoshop CS5 to make OpenGL drawing availible and active?
I appriciate an Adobe employee, like yourself, providing the information I need to make the right hardware choices when upgrading to Adobe CS5.
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8. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Wade_Zimmerman Dec 5, 2011 9:20 PM (in response to cgrscott)WhenI had it installed it also showed that it was enabled and it worked except certain jpegs once in a while would displa funny.
I upgraded to a ATI Radeon HD 5770 which solved lots of problems I had the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT after the 7300 but it would not open more than 8 images as Open GL
the ATI Radeon HD 5770 can open like ofrty or more and the open GL features work fine and I have never had the problem I had to the jpegs not displaying properly for about two years now.
I have an original Mac Pro difficult to install but it works really well. So you might want to consider it there is another one similar but faster but cost like twice.
I have both PS CS 4 and CS 5 install and both work great with the card I mention.
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9. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
cgrscott Dec 5, 2011 9:29 PM (in response to Wade_Zimmerman)Wade, thanks for sharing your hands on experiance with the Radeon HD 5770. My Mac Pro is an April 2007 model but it is still the origional Quad-core Mac Pro. According to tests, by Barefeats.com, the the Radeon HD 5770 should run fine on my older machine as it has with yours. Glad to know it gets OpenGL support in in the older CS4 as well as the newer CS5.x.
http://blog.macsales.com/6856-owc-reveals-which-radeon-video-cards-work-with-2006-2009-mac -pros
Thanks again.
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10. Re: OEM Apple nVidia GeForce 7300 GT is on Adobe's list of unsupported GPUs for Open GL rendering…
Wade_Zimmerman Dec 5, 2011 9:35 PM (in response to cgrscott)December 2007 it will work real well.




