Specifications

RELEASE NOTES FOR MARI 2.5V1
Mari 2.5v1
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The Foundry
New Features
Please download and install the latest graphics driver for your card from the
NVIDIA or AMD websites.
Due to the number of cards available in the market, we are unable to test
every card and, therefore, cannot officially qualify all of them individually.
However, if your machine/GPU specifications meet the requirements
mentioned, theoretically Mari should work fine for you. If you encounter any
issues, please contact [e-mail].
New Features
Mac Support
• Mari now supports Mac OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion with NVIDIA graphics
cards. See
Mac OS X Tested Graphics Cards for more information.
Graphics Cards
• The following NVIDIA cards have been added to the Windows and Linux
tested list:
• Quadro K2000
• Quadro K4000
• Quadro K5000
• Support for the NVIDIA Texture barrier extension
GL_NV_TEXTURE_BARRIER has been added. If this is present, it helps
reduce performance slowdown while painting.
Preferences
Windows and Linux: Support for VSync options have been added. A new
preference control can be found in the Mari Preferences dialog, under GPU
> General > VSync.
Set the dropdown preference to either
• On,
• Off, or
• System.
Setting the option to On forces the canvas to update at the screen refresh
rate. System lets the OS determine the behavior, which could be on or off.
Turning it Off allows the canvas to update at any time, but can result in
NOTE: Ensure that you are using 8.982.8.1 (AMD Catalyst 12.10) drivers
or higher for AMD cards.