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: For an enjoyable experience, I holistically agree about skipping integrated (usually Intel) graphics and opting for a dedicated graphics card. I see a lot of GPUs that cost US$25-50 and more than exceed our System Recommendations — it's a worthwhile investment. {{TorSig}} <font size="1">on 2010-07-26 @ 1:11 PM Pacific</font> | |||
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Share your experiences with various system configs here! - 
on 2010-07-19 @ 9:58 AM Pacific
Graphics Hardware
The usual recommendation is to use nVidia hardware for the best OpenGL support. This is a combination of the actual OpenGL functions, and the utilities to adjust the display. The DirectX labelling is mostly a guide to the available GPU power for the purposes of OpenGL use.
Many motherboards have built-in graphics hardware, which is, frankly, barely adequate. If your cash-flow is a problem, it's good enough to run SL, and you can add a graphics card later. Don't expect to get a high frame rate. The Viewer 2.x family seem to be setting graphics to get a higher frame rate, and if you're following this approach, you could find detail settings are low enough to be ugly--circles appearing as hexagons--and trading frame rate for a slightly higher detail setting may be worth it.
WolfBaginski Bearsfoot 07:44, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- For an enjoyable experience, I holistically agree about skipping integrated (usually Intel) graphics and opting for a dedicated graphics card. I see a lot of GPUs that cost US$25-50 and more than exceed our System Recommendations — it's a worthwhile investment. - on 2010-07-26 @ 1:11 PM Pacific