Intel GMA 950 pixel/vertex shader capabilities?

[Jim Bancroft]

I'm looking at some laptops with the Intel 950 graphics processor in it. Obviously it's not a speed demon compared with a Mobility Radeon or a GeForce Go, but can it do any decent pixel shading or other GPU stuff? I'd like to develop some Cg and GLSL applications. They don't have to run at raging speeds, just work.

The laptop I have now uses a Radeon 7500, which doesn't support GLSL or Cg. So anything's a step up from that. Hey, thanks.

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Jim Bancroft
I'm looking at some laptops with the Intel 950 graphics processor in it. Obviously it's not a speed demon compared with a Mobility Radeon or a GeForce Go, but can it do any decent pixel shading or other GPU stuff? I'd like to develop some Cg and GLSL applications. They don't have to run at raging speeds, just work.

The laptop I have now uses a Radeon 7500, which doesn't support GLSL or Cg. So anything's a step up from that. Hey, thanks.

I am pretty sure that the Intel GPU has shader model 2.0 and 2 or 4 pixel pipelines. You can game on it just not on high res with AA/AF.

For More info http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/

 

[Sc4freak]

It can do pixel shading, but I think all vertex processing is done on the CPU. (OR was the the GMA900?)

 

[BFG10K]

I don't believe GMA950 has hardware vertex shading either.

 

[imported_killuminati]

well i played and finished on the Intel GMA950 .
dont know about notebooks , maybe hey get Hot to quickly , or something .

Peace & ciao !!!