graphic card configuration

[jeoffrey Finchy]

Since several days, the graphics in second life from my account are without colors, all the window is violet. I saw that my graphic card configuration was automacally gone to a weak configuration because my graphic card is probably not updated ( this message appeared when I connected with the virtual world) , so secondlife most recent version is too heavy to support. But I checked and my graphic card is up to date. I therefore wish to know what is the reason of this reconfiguration?

[Rolig Loon]

If you have checked your graphics card drivers and are sure that they are up to date, then your card itself may be too old (outdated) to handle all of SL's graphics gracefully.  See if it helps to go to Preferences >>> Graphics >>> Hardware Options and disable OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects (VBO).  If not, you may also need to disable Use HTTP Textures.  Depending on which viewer you are using, that may be on the same tab in Graphics, or could be in a tab labeled Rendering.

For completeness:

Video Drivers

Mac drivers are included with OS upgrades. However, to determine what card you have, select “About this Mac” from the Apple menu, then click “More Info”. Under Hardware select Graphics/Displays.

If you are not sure what type of video card you have, use GPU-Z found (win only) here. For linux, in a console use:
lspci | grep VGA

Nvidia Video Driver

• Latest driver Last checked Nov 10- Windows: 306.97 (Oct 10) - Linux: 304.64 (Nov 06)

ATI Video Driver

• Latest driver Last checked Nov 10- Windows and Linux: 12.10 (Oct 22) - Beta 12.11 (oct 22)

Intel Video Driver

• Intel driver download page Intel does not have a universal driver set. Please go to Intel's site and select the appropriate download.