This is a quick image with Direct3D, I think it is too dark
Here’s the same quick image with OpenGL
System Info
Rhino 9 SR0 2025-11-11 (Rhino WIP, 9.0.25315.12305, Git hash:master @ 1e0af682280480be14f9f055827960256e775995)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-11-11
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2025-12-26
Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 128GB)
.NET 9.0.11
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration using OpenGL
Primary display: NVIDIA RTX A5000 (NVidia) Memory: 24GB, Driver date: 10-29-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL(4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.80)
Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #0
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
Secondary graphics devices.
NVIDIA Quadro K2200 (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 10-29-2025 (M-D-Y).
Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 10-29-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8180
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 24564 MB
OpenBLAS: OpenBLAS 0.3.29 DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Zen MAX_THREADS=64.
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\UpdatesAndStatistics\UpdatesAndStatistics.rhp “UpdatesAndStatistics” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 9.0.25315.12305
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
This is a print screen with Direct3D
And a print screen with OpenGL
There’s a difference in darkness with screenshots too but it is less than with quick image.