Two problems with ATI Radeon 9600

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Hi folks,

I’ve two problems with blender and graphic card ATI Radeon 9600 and OpenGL(?).
They are mutually exclusive, it occurs either first of them
or the second one.

Problem #1: after short while in blender all panels and windows went gray,
here you can find similar case:
http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17789&sid=ae5c058a9244aa04ca9feb641173288c

Problem #2: it’s not possible to select vertices while in solid view mode,
this problem is also reported:
http://blenderartists.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-71787.html

If I turn down the hardware support of graphic card
the problem #1 disappears but the problem #2 occurs,
and opposite, if I switch on the hardware support
the problem #1 occurs but the problem #2 disappears.

Here the spec of PC:

  • AMD Athlon XP 1700+, mainboard Shuttle AK31
  • Graphic card ATI Radeon 9600
  • WinXP SP2
  • Blender 2.61

Any help appreciated,
k.

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Wow, that’s an old card - as is the mainboard and cpu. You did upgrade all the drivers (including system drivers) to the most current ones? But even so - perhaps upgrade to Ubuntu?

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Hi,

I’m using the “newest” drivers from AMD.

k.

4

quick update:

the option ‘Windows Draw Method’ from ‘System’ preferences of Blender has impact on my problem,

  • Automatic or Triple Buffer - the problem #1 occurs
  • Overlap, Overlap Flip and Full - the problem #1 disappears

So the solution for me is to turn on hardware support of graphic card and use appropriate draw method.

K.

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I had problem #1 where the interface/viewports turned grey and Sticking it on full in Window Draw Method solved the problem thanks. Oh my card is an ATI Saphirre 9600.