HP Visualize Personal Workstation (HP VISUALIZE fx2+, fx4+, fx6+)
OpenGL video driver for Windows 2000
March 1, 2001
Driver Version: fx000211 for Windows 2000
Revision
Number Revision Date
fx000211 March 2001
fx000210 September 2000
fx000209 May 2000
fx000208 March 2000
fx000207 February 2000
fx000206 January 2000
fx000205 November 1999
fx000204 October 1999
fx000202 September 1999
FIXES / NEW FEATURES / UPGRADE RECOMMENDATIONS
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fx000211 (2.11) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Added memory size to the 'System Information' button in the Applet.
* Fixed a thread count defect seen on Alias/WaveFront Studio Tools that caused an application abort.
* Fixed a blue screen problem when running Pro/E with NetMeeting
* Extended the Gamma range from 1-5 to 0.01-5
* Bug fixes
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fx000210 (2.10) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Added popup windows to the display applet to warn about
incompatible selections.
* Force XOR cursors to use software generated cursors.
* Added SolidEdge to the application list in the display applet.
* Bug fixes
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fx000209 (2.09) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Bug fix for shared optimized display lists
* Bug fix for Maya 3.0 Texture Paint
* Added information button to the display applet
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fx000208 (2.08) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Can now do multiple visibility tests before checking results
* Added an optimization to increase texture mapping performance for
Pro/E
* Changed Unigraphics settings to not do fast buffer swaps
* Fixes an interaction with MS NetMeeting where the color map would
change to give a blue-tinted screen.
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fx000207 (2.07) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Hardware acceleration for 32x32 two color cursors. This improves
SDRC performance
* Defect fix for read pixels in 1600x1200 mode. Fixes a 'blue
screen' seen in the Cadcentre and Hypermesh applications.
* Defect fix for a graphics lock up seen in the Cadcentre
application.
* Additions to the 'inf' file for HyperMesh and Maya1600
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fx000206 (2.06) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified
* Video overlay support removed for Windows 2000
* Fixes to the 'inf' file
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fx000205 (2.05) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified.
* This is the supported version for the Visualize Personal
Workstation X733. Do not use previous versions of the driver with
the X733. Previous versions of the driver may hang the X733.
Previous versions are okay with X550 and below.
* Vertex Array extension for 3D Studio Max
* Autodesk Inventor application setting
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fx000204 (2.04) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified.
* Additional performance with the "Optimize DL Execution."
* Performance improvement for several applications, including PTC
Pro/E
* Fix for PTC CDRS 2000i application
* Removed performance improvement for Pro/E V20 with textures (see
fx000202 ) because of interaction with another texture application
* Fix for crash ("blue screen") when display properties "settings"
are tested without being applied - a problem at 1280x1024
resolution and below with version fx000202, and at 1024x768 and
below for versions fx00016 and below.
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fx000202 (2.02) for Windows 2000
* This driver is not WHQL certified.
* New setting in the "Options" tab of "Display Properties" for
"Optimize DL Execution." Turning this on, the driver will spend
more time building the display list, but less time rendering. It
is recommended for display-list OpenGL applications that build the
display list once and render it many times. It is not recommended
for Unigraphics or SDRC, where we have found display list build
time to be very important.
* New setting in the "Options" tab of "Display Properties" for
"RasterPos Performance." It is not recommended for most
applications, since it trades off against immediate mode rendering
performance. The new setting was put in for an application that
draws a grid using many RasterPos OpenGL commands, so that for
that application overall performance is improved with the setting.
* Added settings for SolidDesigner for 1600x1200 mode.
* Performance improvement for Pro/E V20 with textures
* Enhancement to allow multiple stereo windows, as used by an ERDAS
application
* Defect fixes for Alias/Wavefront Maya Version 2.0
* Performance improvement when an OpenGL window is obscured by 3 or
more windows.
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End of HP Visualize OpenGL Driver Evolution
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