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2011-06-07 10:15 PM
2011-06-08 03:57 AM
2011-06-09 02:10 AM
Video card drivers for Macsunfortunately, the link to the AC15 video card recommendations (http://archicadwiki.com/VideoCardsForArchiCAD15) does currently not allow access... hopefully they fix this soon.
Since Macs come with a default video card (with one optional choice at some series), and the drivers are bundled with system updates, we can not recommend a specific card or driver. Mac OSX's graphic engine, Quartz does not allow an application to directly access video card functions, which minimizes the possibility of application-specific display problems. On Mac there are no third-party drivers, and the drivers Apple builds into the operating system are very thoroughly tested for OpenGL compatibility, since the Quartz graphic engine itself is based on OpenGL. This is very different from the PC platform, where you have hundreds of different video cards available, drivers from different sources, most of them optimized for games and DirectX, not for CAD and OpenGL. You can be confident that all of the current Macs come with a video card that is compatible with ArchiCAD.