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Started by Promit Apr 22, 2002 at 9:43 AM 37 replies 3.8k views

Original Post

Apr 22, 2002 at 9:43 AM

I''m trying to obtain some general data on the various caps of graphics cards, specifically as D3D identifies them. What I want is as follows: Open up the D3D Caps viewer tool that comes with the DX8 SDK. Select the HAL device and choose your graphics card. Under it there is one option called "Caps". Select it. Then go to File menu->Export subtree. This will create a file in the SDK/bin/tools directory with things listed. Post the first section of caps in that text file, just before the giant list of "yes"s and "no"s starts. This can be made into a great reference for general caps of video cards. ____________________________________________________________ Direct3D vs. OpenGL

benjamin bunny

Apr 22, 2002 at 10:03 AM

Geforce 2 Pro


Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              2,048
      MaxTextureHeight                             2,048
      MaxVolumeExtent                              0
      MaxTextureRepeat                             8,192
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
      MaxAnisotropy                                2
      MaxVertexW                                   1E+010
      GuardBandLeft                                -1E+008
      GuardBandTop                                 -1E+008
      GuardBandRight                               1E+008
      GuardBandBottom                              1E+008
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      2
      MaxActiveLights                              8
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       2
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
      MaxPointSize                                 64
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                               65,535
      MaxStreams                                   16
      MaxStreamStride                              256
      VertexShaderVersion                          0.0
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         0
      PixelShaderVersion                           0.0
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          0

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[edited by - benjamin bunny on April 22, 2002 11:09:08 AM]

[Run_The_Shadow's Edit: Took out all the YES/NO's per original poster's instructions and to save screenspace

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[edited by - Run_The_Shadows on April 22, 2002 11:17:33 AM]

Run_The_Shadows

Apr 22, 2002 at 10:15 AM


NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
      Driver                     nv4_disp.dll
      Description                NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
      DriverVersion              32769366777
      VendorId                   4,318
      DeviceId                   336
      SubSysId                   1,054,021
      Revision                   164
      DeviceIdentifier           {D7B71E3E-4210-11CF-2C72-112006C2C835}

Caps
               DeviceType                      1
               AdapterOrdinal                  0
               MaxTextureWidth                 2,048
               MaxTextureHeight                2,048
               MaxVolumeExtent                 0
               MaxTextureRepeat                8,192
               MaxTextureAspectRatio           0
               MaxAnisotropy                   2
               MaxVertexW                      Yes
               GuardBandLeft                   Yes
               GuardBandTop                    Yes
               GuardBandRight                  Yes
               GuardBandBottom                 Yes
               MaxTextureBlendStages           8
               MaxSimultaneousTextures         2
               MaxActiveLights                 8
               MaxUserClipPlanes               0
               MaxVertexBlendMatrices          2
               MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex       0
               MaxPointSize                    Yes
               MaxPrimitiveCount               65,535
               MaxVertexIndex                  65,535
               MaxStreams                      16
               MaxStreamStride                 256
               VertexShaderVersion             Yes
               MaxVertexShaderConst            0
               PixelShaderVersion              Yes

-Ryan "Run_The_Shadows"
-Run_The_Shadows@excite.com
-"The best way to make someone feel pain at your words is to either tell the truth, and make it sound horrid; or to tell a lie that reflects their own personal fears and resentments of themselves."

[edited by - Run_The_Shadows on April 22, 2002 3:59:33 PM]

benjamin bunny

Apr 22, 2002 at 10:19 AM

Thx

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Promit

Apr 22, 2002 at 1:16 PM

Benjamin, did you format that list manually? It made it a lot easier to read. Is there an automatic way to do it, or will it come out like that if I copy-paste it?

benjamin bunny

Apr 22, 2002 at 1:21 PM

The program formatted it for me. I just copy/pasted it in. The HTML preserved the indenting because I used the code tags.
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[edited by - benjamin bunny on April 22, 2002 2:23:29 PM]

baldurk

Apr 22, 2002 at 1:28 PM

My caps are exactly the same as RTS because I have the same card. btw, RTS, is your card a creative?

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Baldur K
"Hey! I hate these Microsoft guys! What a rotten compiler! It only accepts 16,384 local variables in a function!"

intransigent-seal

Apr 22, 2002 at 1:36 PM

Try looking at the list on:
delphi3d

And there must be other lists.

John B

ITH3

Apr 22, 2002 at 2:20 PM

GeForce 4 440 Go


Caps
      DeviceType                      1
      AdapterOrdinal                  0
      MaxTextureWidth                 2,048
      MaxTextureHeight                2,048
      MaxVolumeExtent                 0
      MaxTextureRepeat                8,192
      MaxTextureAspectRatio           0
      MaxAnisotropy                   2
      MaxVertexW                      Yes
      GuardBandLeft                   Yes
      GuardBandTop                    Yes
      GuardBandRight                  Yes
      GuardBandBottom                 Yes
      MaxTextureBlendStages           8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures         2
      MaxActiveLights                 8
      MaxUserClipPlanes               0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices          2
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex       0
      MaxPointSize                    Yes
      MaxPrimitiveCount               65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                  65,535
      MaxStreams                      16
      MaxStreamStride                 256
      VertexShaderVersion             Yes
      MaxVertexShaderConst            96
      PixelShaderVersion              Yes

[edited by - ITH3 on April 22, 2002 3:23:52 PM]

Run_The_Shadows

Apr 22, 2002 at 2:58 PM

quote:
Original post by baldurk
My caps are exactly the same as RTS because I have the same card. btw, RTS, is your card a creative?

------------------------------
Baldur K
"Hey! I hate these Microsoft guys! What a rotten compiler! It only accepts 16,384 local variables in a function!"

VisionTek, actually. And if the Caps didn''t mention it: a 64 meg DDR.

-Ryan "Run_The_Shadows"
-Run_The_Shadows@excite.com
-"The best way to make someone feel pain at your words is to either tell the truth, and make it sound horrid; or to tell a lie that reflects their own personal fears and resentments of themselves."

Myopic Rhino

Apr 22, 2002 at 3:01 PM

GeForce4 Ti 4600


Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              4,096
      MaxTextureHeight                             4,096
      MaxVolumeExtent                              512
      MaxTextureRepeat                             8,192
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
      MaxAnisotropy                                8
      MaxVertexW                                   1E+010
      GuardBandLeft                                -1E+008
      GuardBandTop                                 -1E+008
      GuardBandRight                               1E+008
      GuardBandBottom                              1E+008
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      4
      MaxActiveLights                              8
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       4
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
      MaxPointSize                                 8192
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            1,048,575
      MaxVertexIndex                               1,048,575
      MaxStreams                                   16
      MaxStreamStride                              256
      VertexShaderVersion                          1.1
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         96
      PixelShaderVersion                           1.3
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          1

quote:
Original post by Promit
just before the giant list of "yes"s and "no"s starts.

I don't see any "no"s

Promit

Apr 22, 2002 at 6:14 PM

Honestly, I''d be shocked if anyone had any "no"s in taht list. Even so, if someone did they might be confused...you never know.

GeForce 2 MX (yeah it''s a bit old)


Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              2,048
      MaxTextureHeight                             2,048
      MaxVolumeExtent                              0
      MaxTextureRepeat                             8,192
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
      MaxAnisotropy                                2
      MaxVertexW                                   1E+010
      GuardBandLeft                                -1E+008
      GuardBandTop                                 -1E+008
      GuardBandRight                               1E+008
      GuardBandBottom                              1E+008
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      2
      MaxActiveLights                              8
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       2
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
      MaxPointSize                                 64
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                               65,535
      MaxStreams                                   16
      MaxStreamStride                              256
      VertexShaderVersion                          0.0
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         0
      PixelShaderVersion                           0.0
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          0

My goal here is to ascertain the general spread of graphics cards that people have, not the caps of any specific card(s). I got the idea to post when I was studying multitexuring and multipass rendering. I wasn''t sure that most cards supported all 8 stages of texture blending.

P.S. Myopic Rhino your card can support 4 simultaneous texture at each blending stage?! D3D doesn''t even support more than 3, does it? Because it only provides D3DTSS_COLORARG0, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, and D3DTSS_COLORARG2 I believe. Is there a D3DTSS_COLORARG3? It doesn''t show in the SDK docs...does OpenGL support 4 textures per stage? For that matter, are there even any standard 4 argument color ops?

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Direct3D vs. OpenGL

Quantum

Apr 22, 2002 at 7:07 PM

TNT2 M-64 (

)


                  DeviceType                                   1
                  AdapterOrdinal                               0
                  MaxTextureWidth                              2,048
                  MaxTextureHeight                             2,048
                  MaxVolumeExtent                              0
                  MaxTextureRepeat                             0
                  MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
                  MaxAnisotropy                                0
                  MaxVertexW                                   0
                  GuardBandLeft                                -2048
                  GuardBandTop                                 -2048
                  GuardBandRight                               2047
                  GuardBandBottom                              2047
                  ExtentsAdjust                                0
                  MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
                  MaxSimultaneousTextures                      2
                  MaxActiveLights                              0
                  MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
                  MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       0
                  MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
                  MaxPointSize                                 1
                  MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
                  MaxVertexIndex                               65,535
                  MaxStreams                                   0
                  MaxStreamStride                              255
                  VertexShaderVersion                          0.0
                  MaxVertexShaderConst                         0
                  PixelShaderVersion                           0.0
                  MaxPixelShaderValue                          1

benjamin bunny

Apr 22, 2002 at 7:18 PM

Max Active Lights 0 ?

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Pouya

Apr 22, 2002 at 7:35 PM


ATI Rage Fury Pro....

Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              1,024
      MaxTextureHeight                             1,024
      MaxVolumeExtent                              0
      MaxTextureRepeat                             0
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
      MaxAnisotropy                                16
      MaxVertexW                                   0
      GuardBandLeft                                0
      GuardBandTop                                 0
      GuardBandRight                               0
      GuardBandBottom                              0
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        3
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      2
      MaxActiveLights                              0
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
      MaxPointSize                                 16
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                               -1
      MaxStreams                                   1
      MaxStreamStride                              -1
      VertexShaderVersion                          0.0
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         0
      PixelShaderVersion                           0.0
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          0

Pouya

Apr 22, 2002 at 7:39 PM

I just did a comparison between my card posted above with the other cards posted in here. Holy shit my card sucks!
And yet, all the games seem to run at a descent framerate with no problems.

SHilbert

Apr 22, 2002 at 7:45 PM

LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS 64 MB


Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              2,048
      MaxTextureHeight                             2,048
      MaxVolumeExtent                              0
      MaxTextureRepeat                             8,192
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        0
      MaxAnisotropy                                2
      MaxVertexW                                   1E+010
      GuardBandLeft                                -1E+008
      GuardBandTop                                 -1E+008
      GuardBandRight                               1E+008
      GuardBandBottom                              1E+008
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      2
      MaxActiveLights                              8
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            0
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       2
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    0
      MaxPointSize                                 64
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                               65,535
      MaxStreams                                   16
      MaxStreamStride                              256
      VertexShaderVersion                          0.0
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         0
      PixelShaderVersion                           0.0
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          0

[edited by - SHilbert on April 22, 2002 8:46:46 PM]

benjamin bunny

Apr 22, 2002 at 8:18 PM

Those caps are a bit lacking. Where''s the hw stencil buffer size, compressed texture capability, cube mapping, render-to-texture, hw reflection map texgen, etc? I think most of the interesting stuff is later in the file.

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Myopic Rhino

Apr 23, 2002 at 12:51 PM

quote:
Original post by Promit
P.S. Myopic Rhino your card can support 4 simultaneous texture at each blending stage?! D3D doesn''t even support more than 3, does it? Because it only provides D3DTSS_COLORARG0, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, and D3DTSS_COLORARG2 I believe. Is there a D3DTSS_COLORARG3? It doesn''t show in the SDK docs...does OpenGL support 4 textures per stage? For that matter, are there even any standard 4 argument color ops?

I don''t know about D3D, but OpenGL supports up to 8, I believe... I''ve never tried to use more than 4. ATI Radeon 8500 actually supports 6, as you''ll see below. You can always find uses for more textures.

Anyway, here''s the caps for my other card, an ATI Radeon 8500 (128 MB version).


Caps
      DeviceType                                   1
      AdapterOrdinal                               0
      MaxTextureWidth                              2,048
      MaxTextureHeight                             2,048
      MaxVolumeExtent                              256
      MaxTextureRepeat                             2,048
      MaxTextureAspectRatio                        2,048
      MaxAnisotropy                                16
      MaxVertexW                                   1E+010
      GuardBandLeft                                0
      GuardBandTop                                 0
      GuardBandRight                               0
      GuardBandBottom                              0
      ExtentsAdjust                                0
      MaxTextureBlendStages                        8
      MaxSimultaneousTextures                      6
      MaxActiveLights                              8
      MaxUserClipPlanes                            6
      MaxVertexBlendMatrices                       4
      MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex                    57
      MaxPointSize                                 256
      MaxPrimitiveCount                            65,535
      MaxVertexIndex                               16,777,215
      MaxStreams                                   8
      MaxStreamStride                              1,024
      VertexShaderVersion                          1.1
      MaxVertexShaderConst                         192
      PixelShaderVersion                           1.4
      MaxPixelShaderValue                          8

Pouya

Apr 23, 2002 at 1:30 PM

MR:
You have bote GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and ATI Radeon 8500???

I HAET YUO!@$

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