nvidia Gelato GPU-Accelerated frame renderer

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:36 pm

http://film.nvidia.com/page/gelato.html

dont know how useful itl be to amv'ers , but it sounds prety cool. one thigns for sure though, the name realy sux. gelato ? does that mean the thing runs so hot that the core procesor is gona melt til it looks like icecream or something ?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:56 pm

I doubt that would be usefull for amv people. Maybe if the sort of video software we use supports it... but I still doubt it.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:03 pm

Gelato is designed for high-end 3D work. Although there are some people here who do incorporate 3D elements into their work, I doubt anyone could really make full use of this just yet.

Also, Gelato requires a Quadro FX GPU, and isn't yet available for Windows XP -- only the GNU/Linux platform (well, ok, RedHat, but if it runs on RedHat it can be made to run on just about any GNU/Linux system). Go penguins :)

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:16 pm

why on earth would nvidea release something on linux when the vast magority of the market is on windows. i mean yeah, it probably is sensible to release it on linux (and probably mac's ) but wouldnt it be wise to get it out on windows before anything els ?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:10 pm

I don't think the vast majority of their market is on windows...

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:30 pm

bum wrote:why on earth would nvidea release something on linux when the vast magority of the market is on windows. i mean yeah, it probably is sensible to release it on linux (and probably mac's ) but wouldnt it be wise to get it out on windows before anything els ?

Clearly, NVIDIA doesn't think that the vast majority of Quadro users run Windows.

I don't care -- if I had a Quadro I could run this software just fine :)