TheUsualAlex Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Hi, Just curious, has anyone with a laptop loaded with the Intel GMA950 video card tried running Houdini 9? Can it even run? Yes, I understand that Houdini requires full blown OGL card. I am just curious to see if GMA950 can be used even if you're just using it for something very light (such as building HDAs, testing pipeline scripts, etc). Yes, I've been coveting on a very slim, lightweight laptop.... hence the question. Thanks! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcronin Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) For very light work it will be OK, you can run in Houdini in software mode if there are graphics issues. A guy at work was running on a MacBook with the Intel Graphics chip, he was running Houdini on Ubuntu via Parllels or something. It was slow, but usable for light work. I would recoomend though, if it is the macbook you are thinking of, get a big HD and do a full Linux install. Apparently these VMs limit the memory you can assign to other operating systems to like 512 Megs which can be an issue. For rendering, running sims, building HDA's, running scirpts, andything that doesn't require a lot of viewport activity, it should be good. BTW, this was Houdini 8 I was looking at, but I doubt 9 will be any different. Edited July 21, 2007 by Mcronin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUsualAlex Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Aaah cool. Thanks for the info, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisStaber Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 i am using a macbook with the new gma x3100 maya is totally useable with that hardware but houdini is REALLY slow it seems to do a lot more in open GL and the intel driver does not seem to support ogl very well under osx i would call it unacceptable under windows its useable but with many restrictions it may run better in software mode how do i set it to software mode ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Software mode is only possible on Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisStaber Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 this might sound stupid but how do i set houdini to use software mode ? couldnt find anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Do a search for HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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