Open GL Graphics Card

applebanana · applebanana #1 (**permalink**)

03-16-2011, 10:46 AM

So I've been accepted into a technical program that involves a lot of graphic design and one of the computer requirements for people with a Mac are a hardware accelerated Open GL Graphics Card with 16bit color, 256MB of VRAM. I currently have the default being, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M that came with my; MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" (Uni/Late 09) Specs (Late 2009, MC207LL/A, MacBook6,1, A1342, 2350*) @ EveryMac.com.

So I guess my question is where can I get this and how do I do it?
Also what's the difference between the two do I actually really need it?

Gingko_Biloba · Gingko_Biloba #2 (**permalink**)

03-16-2011, 02:44 PM

Hi,

According to your spec at EveryMac, your laptop has 256MB VRAM, so that's fine. All contemporary Mac graphics cards are OpenGL compatible, so that's fine, and they all support 32-bit colour (which is more than the 16-bit you need) so that's fine too.

In other words, you've already got what you need

Good luck on the course!

S.

applebanana · applebanana #3 (**permalink**)

03-16-2011, 05:12 PM

Oh ok thanks. I assumed that Open GL was an actual graphics card I had to get. Thanks for the clarification and help!

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Member Since: May 26, 2010 Location: CANADA Posts: 73 Mac Specs: Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" (Uni/Late 09) 8GB RAM 120GB SSD Boot up 500 GB 7200RPM HDD	03-16-2011, 10:46 AM So I've been accepted into a technical program that involves a lot of graphic design and one of the computer requirements for people with a Mac are a hardware accelerated Open GL Graphics Card with 16bit color, 256MB of VRAM. I currently have the default being, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M that came with my; MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" (Uni/Late 09) Specs (Late 2009, MC207LL/A, MacBook6,1, A1342, 2350*) @ EveryMac.com. So I guess my question is where can I get this and how do I do it? Also what's the difference between the two do I actually really need it?
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Gingko_Biloba #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 16, 2011 Location: UK Posts: 23 Mac Specs: Mac mini (2011), i5 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM; MacBook Pro 5,1, 4GB RAM, 120GB SSD	03-16-2011, 02:44 PM Hi, According to your spec at EveryMac, your laptop has 256MB VRAM, so that's fine. All contemporary Mac graphics cards are OpenGL compatible, so that's fine, and they all support 32-bit colour (which is more than the 16-bit you need) so that's fine too. In other words, you've already got what you need Good luck on the course! S.
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