Aeon Revue: I am On The Verge Of Tears.

[JayPro]

G-Force colormap implementation is a beautiful thing.

I just need to learn Python now.

[markofkane]

It wouldn't let download the free trial, so I went ahead and bought platinum.

Nice eye candy

[jerohm]

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Processor Name	Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo T2450 (2000MHz)
Total memory	2.00 GB (1.99 GB system + 8 MB video)

OS Name	Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version	5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer	Microsoft Corporation
System Name	JRMPAVILION
System Manufacturer	Hewlett-Packard
System Model	HP Pavilion dv6000 (GA378UA#ABA)
System Type	X86-based PC
Processor	x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12 GenuineIntel ~1996 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date	Hewlett-Packard F.2C, 4/22/2008
SMBIOS Version	2.4
	
Name	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
PNP Device ID	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A6&SUBSYS_30BB103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&11
Adapter Type	Intel(R) GMA 950, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Adapter RAM	128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers	igxprd32.dll
Driver Version	6.14.10.5016
INF File	oem18.inf (iCNT1 section)
Color Planes	Not Available
Color Table Entries	Not Available
Resolution	Not Available
Bits/Pixel	Not Available
Memory Address	0xD8180000-0xD81FFFFF
Driver	c:\windows\system32\drivers\igxpmp32.sys (6.14.10.5016, 5.77 MB (6,048,768 bytes), 11/10/2010 6:09 PM)


Name	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
PNP Device ID	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A2&SUBSYS_30BB103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&10
Adapter Type	Intel(R) GMA 950, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Adapter RAM	128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers	igxprd32.dll
Driver Version	6.14.10.5016
INF File	oem18.inf (iCNT0 section)
Color Planes	1
Color Table Entries	4294967296
Resolution	1280 x 800 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel	32
Memory Address	0xD8100000-0xD817FFFF
I/O Port	0x00001800-0x00001807
Memory Address	0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF
Memory Address	0xD8200000-0xD823FFFF
IRQ Channel	IRQ 16
I/O Port	0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port	0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address	0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver	c:\windows\system32\drivers\igxpmp32.sys (6.14.10.5016, 5.77 MB (6,048,768 bytes), 11/10/2010 6:09 PM)
	
Name	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
PNP Device ID	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A6&SUBSYS_30BB103C&REV_03\3&B1BFB68&0&11
Adapter Type	Intel(R) GMA 950, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description	Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Adapter RAM	128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers	igxprd32.dll
Driver Version	6.14.10.5016
INF File	oem18.inf (iCNT1 section)
Color Planes	Not Available
Color Table Entries	Not Available
Resolution	Not Available
Bits/Pixel	Not Available
Memory Address	0xD8180000-0xD81FFFFF
Driver	c:\windows\system32\drivers\igxpmp32.sys (6.14.10.5016, 5.77 MB (6,048,768 bytes), 11/10/2010 6:09 PM)

[andy55]

It wouldn't let download the free trial, so I went ahead and bought platinum.

Nice eye candy

Yikes, so you had a server download problem? Would you mind describing what happened?

[Baldufa]

I have torubles downloading GF and aeon with opera browser.Whit IE work ok.

[andy55]

Please post your SHIFT+i text here (found in SoundSpectrum Log.txt on your desktop)

[markofkane]

Andy,

When I would fill in the form to download the free version and click download it would return me to the form page again. I tried it with Firefox and IE8.

No matter how many times I filled in the form and clicked submit, it would return me back to the form page, instead of going to give me an actual download.

But like I said I was able to get platinum to download after I purchased it.

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I haven't tried to download the free version again, but will see if it will let me now.

Edit: nope, still does it.

[gorus]

Thanks to everyone, we have found the problem and have now resolved the issue with the Aeon free trial download!

[jerohm]

I am using the video driver from here: http://www.intel9xx.moonfruit.com/ ... which is NOT directly from Intel ... I can't say that I could detect any perfomance gain, but until today(?) it never seemed to cause any problems either...

SoundSpectrum Log.txt:

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===== 04-DEC-2010, 14:31:48 (UTC-5) =====
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GetSystemInfo(), 04-DEC-2010, 14:31:48 (UTC-5):
Aeon 1.0 (3523), STANDALONE
OS:WinXPSP3  CP0:Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU      T2450  @ 2.00GHz  Video0:Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family  Video1:Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family  Video3:NetMeeting driver  Video4:RDPDD Chained DD  HT_Supported:0  NumVirtualCores:0  NumEffectiveCores:2
CPU performance class: 2
GPU performance class: 1
hash=8_HgKZJn7XPPTVYDDPF0S18dqaszSbdAje3SdDFVHTlRsstyvIqTTnSY6hmTRwgnnw0gw4YB8rpQDIwmPqYMXH
Direct3D
DeviceType:    0x1
Caps:          0x20000
Caps2:         0x20020000
Caps3:         0x320
CursorCaps:    0x1
DevCaps:       0x88E50
DevCaps2:      0x51
RasterCaps:    0x7736181
ZCmpCaps:      0xFF
AlphaCmpCaps:  0xFF
ShadeCaps:     0x84208
SrcBlendCaps:  0x3FFF
DestBlendCaps: 0x27FF
LineCaps:      0x1F
StencilCaps:   0x1FF
TextureCaps:   0x25ED47
PresentationIntervals: 0x80000001
TextureFilterCaps:     0x1F031F00
TextureOpCaps:         0x3FFFFFF
VertexProcessingCaps:  0x17B
PixelShaderVersion:    0xFFFF0200
VertexShaderVersion:   0xFFFE0300
PrimitiveMiscCaps:     0x38EF2
PrimitiveMiscCaps:     0x38EF2
MaxVolumeExtent:       256
MaxTexBlendStages:     8
MaxSimultTextures:     8
MaxStreams:            16
MaxStreamStride:       255
MaxPrimitiveCount:     65535
MaxVertexIndex:        65534
AvailableTextureMem:   96M


SSRendererFlags: 0x1F00B44
Max tex size: 2048 x 2048 x 256
Max tex units: 8
Audio:
   0:  Class 4, 'Virtual Cable 1 - CD Audio'
   1:  Class 2, 'Virtual Cable 1 - Microphone'
   2:  Class 0, 'Virtual Cable 1 - Wave Out Mix'
   3:  Class 0, 'Conexant HD Audio input - SPDIF Interface'
   4:  Class 1, 'Conexant HD Audio input - Line'
   5:  Class 2, 'Conexant HD Audio input - Microphone'
   6:  Class 1, 'FW AP Multi - Line In'
   7:  Class 1, 'FW AP SPDIF - Line In'
   8:  Class 1, 'FW AP 1/2 - Line In'
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[andy55]

Well jerohm, it looks like your GPU is unfortunately underpowered (pixel shader model 2 vs 3). Even if we lowered the requirements to pixel shader model 2, your machine (and others like it) would run Aeon poorly at best anyways.

Wish I had better news for you, but those older integrated Intel graphics chips are pretty limited. If your machine is a desktop, you could pick up a nice couple year old graphics card for like $30-50.

[jerohm]

Thanks for taking a look/see, but ...

Nope ... it is a laptop (dv6426us), and actually any desktop with the same problem (read: Intel 945 chipset) is probably out of luck UNLESS they sport a PCIe (or AGP) bus... which they most likely don't. BELIEVE ME, you CAN NOT run video over a standard PCI bus ... acceptably anyway.

Not a problem. I was weened on octal machine code, and never lost the appreciation for simplicity and efficiency. I haven't quite given up on exploiting GF to its limit yet either** ... unless it gets enhanced beyond my platform capabilities, that is.

Besides, I have somewhat of a bias against Python... which is probably no more/less ridiculous than it's aversion to braces .

A new laptop is in my future ... just not today

"It'll Shine when it Shines" (My Anthem and Probably always will be)



** I really would love a real world example of using map1d()/map2d however

[Orbstah]

well the 945 chipset was always a let down.