I'v got a Dell Inspiron with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 but my RealView 
Graphics button is greyed out. If I go into Tools, Options, Performance the 
option to Software Render Open GL is also greyed out. Any ideas?

- Brian 

I don't know if you can do RealView with a Radeon card.  But to address the 
software OGL setting, you can't change it if you have a document open.  Or 
if SW determines that your graphics system can't handle the load,  then you 
will see it checked and greyed out.

  WT

"Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@mts.net> wrote in message 
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> I'v got a Dell Inspiron with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 but my RealView 
> Graphics button is greyed out. If I go into Tools, Options, Performance 
> the option to Software Render Open GL is also greyed out. Any ideas?
>
> - Brian
> 



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I've notice that after you apply a material and click the real graphics box, 
the icon will then appear.

Keith

"Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@mts.net> wrote in message 
news:6FKvh.7426$uK1.5098@newsfe23.lga...
> I'v got a Dell Inspiron with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 but my RealView 
> Graphics button is greyed out. If I go into Tools, Options, Performance 
> the option to Software Render Open GL is also greyed out. Any ideas?
>
> - Brian
> 

Brian,

Radeons don't support Realview. The cards that support it are the
FireGL(ATI), and Quadro series (Nvidia). On those cards it only works with
full hardware acceleration. I think software OpenGL disables it.

3D Labs had a the Realizm series cards that also supported it, but they've
been discontinued.


Mark


"Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@mts.net> wrote in message
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> I'v got a Dell Inspiron with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 but my RealView
> Graphics button is greyed out. If I go into Tools, Options, Performance
the
> option to Software Render Open GL is also greyed out. Any ideas?
>
> - Brian
>
>

On Jan 30, 7:27 am, "Brian Bagnall" <bbagn...@mts.net> wrote:
> I'v got a Dell Inspiron with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 but my RealView
> Graphics button is greyed out. If I go into Tools, Options, Performance the
> option to Software Render Open GL is also greyed out. Any ideas?
>
> - Brian

You cannot use Real View - You need to have Fire Gl (Ati) graphic
card.
Or maybe you will find a way to do soft mod on your card ;) then your
Real view will be working ;)