1) Where can one enable the “shaders” (pixel or vertex or both?) turned off by SL by default?
2) Are there any dangers to doing #1? What sort of reasons would there be for turning the shaders off by default?
3) There seems to be a lot of xx50 ATI cards lumped together with the xx00 cards; my Radeon 9550 is lumped with the 9500, reckoning by the regex. However, only xx00 cards are listed on the left column. Was this intentional? On the ATI site, they are listed as separate series, which (I think) implies that they might have a few basic changes – for example, my 9550 has twice as much memory as the 9500.
Here's the file:
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//
// Categorizes graphics chips into various classes by name
//
// The table contains chip names regular expressions to match
// against driver strings and a class number.
//
// Class Numbers:
// 0 - Compatibility rendering only
// 1 - Shaders available off by default
// 2 - Shaders enabled by default
// 3 - Everything on.
//
// Format:
// <chip name> <regexp> <class>
//
3Dfx .*3Dfx.* 0
3Dlabs .*3Dlabs.* 0
ATI All-in-Wonder PCI-E .*ATI.*All-in-Wonder.*PCI-E.* 1
ATI All-in-Wonder X1800 .*ATI.*All-in-Wonder X18.* 3
ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 .*ATI.*All-in-Wonder X19.* 3
ATI ASUS X1300 .*ATI.*ASUS X13.* 3
ATI ASUS X1600 .*ATI.*ASUS X16.* 3
ATI Diamond X1300 .*ATI.*Diamond X13.* 3
ATI FireGL .*ATI.*Fire.*GL.* 0
ATI FireMV .*ATI.*FireMV.* 0
ATI Generic .*ATI.*Generic.* 0
ATI Radeon 7000 .*ATI.*Radeon 7.* 0
ATI Radeon 8000 .*ATI.*Radeon 8.* 0
ATI Radeon 9000 .*ATI.*Radeon 90.* 1
ATI Radeon 9100 .*ATI.*Radeon 91.* 1
ATI Radeon 9200 .*ATI.*Radeon 92.* 1
ATI Radeon 9500 .*ATI.*Radeon 95.* 1
ATI Radeon 9600 .*ATI.*Radeon 96.* 1
ATI Radeon 9700 .*ATI.*Radeon 97.* 1
ATI Radeon 9800 .*ATI.*Radeon 98.* 1
ATI Radeon X1300 .*ATI.*Radeon X13.* 3
ATI Radeon X1600 .*ATI.*Radeon X16.* 3
ATI Radeon X1800 .*ATI.*Radeon X18.* 3
ATI Radeon X1900 .*ATI.*Radeon X19.* 3
ATI Radeon X300 .*ATI.*Radeon X3.* 2
ATI Radeon X500 .*ATI.*Radeon X5.* 2
ATI Radeon X600 .*ATI.*Radeon X6.* 2
ATI Radeon X700 .*ATI.*Radeon X7.* 2
ATI Radeon X800 .*ATI.*Radeon X8.* 2
ATI Radeon Xpress .*ATI.*Radeon Xpress.* 1
ATI Rage 128 .*ATI.*Rage 128.* 0
Intel 830M .*Intel.*830M 0
Intel 845G .*Intel.*845G 0
Intel 855GM .*Intel.*855GM 0
Intel 865G .*Intel.*865G 0
Intel 900 .*Intel.*900.*900 0
Intel 915G .*Intel.*915G 0
Intel 915GM .*Intel.*915GM 0
Intel 945G .*Intel.*945G 0
Intel 945GM .*Intel.*945GM 0
Intel 950 .*Intel.*950.*950 0
Intel Brookdale .*Intel.*Brookdale.* 0
Intel Montara .*Intel.*Montara.* 0
Intel Springdale .*Intel.*Springdale.* 0
Matrox .*Matrox.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce .*GeForce 256.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 2 .*GeForce2.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 3 .*GeForce3.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 4 Go .*NVIDIA.*GeForce4.*Go.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX .*NVIDIA.*GeForce4 MX.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti .*NVIDIA.*GeForce4 Ti.* 0
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 61.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 62.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6500 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 65.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 66.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6700 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 67.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 68.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 73.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 76.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 78.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce 79.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 51.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 52.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 55.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 56.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 57.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 58.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX 59.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5100 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go51.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go52.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go53.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5500 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go55.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go56.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go57.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go58.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5900 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce FX Go59.* 1
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6 .*GeForce Go 6.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 61.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 62.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6500 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 65.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 66.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6700 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 67.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 68.* 2
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 73.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 74.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 76.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 78.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 .*NVIDIA.*GeForce Go 79.* 3
NVIDIA GeForce PCX .*GeForce PCX.* 1
NVIDIA Generic .*NVIDIA.*NV.* 0
NVIDIA Generic .*NVIDIA.*Unknown.* 0
NVIDIA Quadro 2 .*Quadro2.* 0
NVIDIA Quadro 4 .*Quadro4.* 0
NVIDIA Quadro DCC .*Quadro DCC.* 0
NVIDIA Quadro FX .*Quadro FX.* 1
NVIDIA Quadro NVS .*Quadro NVS.* 0
NVIDIA RIVA TNT .*RIVA TNT.* 0
S3 .*S3 Graphics.* 0
SiS SiS.* 0
Trident Trident.* 0
Tungsten Graphics Tungsten.* 0
XGI XGI.* 0