Rhino 7 Black viewport on OpenGL Max

I just updated Rhino on my Laptop from v6 to v7sr24, however Rhino will crash and/or have empty/black viewports while using OpenGL 4.6. Setting the slider to OpenGL 3.3 solves this problem, however performance seems to be slightly worse than with v6.

Is this a known issue?

Rhino Sysinfo:

Rhino 7 SR24 2022-11-4 (Rhino 7, 7.24.22308.15001, Git hash:master @ cb2ad12922ceb989b185972675bb705a00abb97d)
License type: Studentenlizenz, Build 2022-11-04
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22621 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 31Gb)

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [98% battery remaining]

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 2-3-2022 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 3 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 (AMD) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 10-25-2022 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 22.20.16.03.221025
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 2 adapter port(s)
- Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 3.3

Anti-alias mode: None
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60
Driver Date: 10-25-2022
Driver Version: 31.0.12044.3
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 17857 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Alerter.rhp “Alerter”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

Hi Hannes -

We’ve had several reports of users with AMD GPUs not being able to run Rhino with OpenGL 4.6 after having installed the latest AMD drivers. I don’t think I’ve seen it for a Radeon Pro WX 3100 specifically, but it wouldn’t surprise me that those are also affected.

Other than that, the recommended amount of VRAM to be running Rhino is 4 GB per screen, so you might be suffering from that when it comes to performance.
-wim

Rolling back from 22.q4 to 22.q2 Radeon Pro drivers did the trick - thank you!

22.Q4 drivers work fine on RX6600 and RX6800XT cards so it seems like it’s related to older GPUs.

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Perhaps this is AMD’s way of encouraging you to buy a new card?

I think if you uncheck the option for “GPU Tessellation” in Rhino Options > View > OpenGL, the latest drivers work.

I can’t recommend one work-around over another as I do not own any AMD GPUs.