I’m using a GPD Pocket 4 with a Ryzen 9 CPU and integrated Radeon 890M graphics. Rhino 7 runs perfectly on this machine, and Rhino 8 was initially good (except for a printing issue that I scripted a workaround for), but has been increasingly unreliable over the past 3 to 6 months and is now consistently unusable, even on small files. I created a fresh empty template with a cube (my previous sanity test) and even this is no good anymore.
The issue(s):
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Shaded views display incorrectly shaded with dark grey instead of correct colour
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Points appear as solid squares, even when “round” is selected
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Viewport performance is extremely poor
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It used to be the case that when I open a Rhino 7 file in Rhino 8, it’s usually fine — but once I save it in Rhino 8 format and reopen it, the problems come back, but now I can’t even get this experiment to work. I used to think that it was the model because of this, but none of the other users in our organization have this issue (all of them are Intel and Nvidia graphics apart from me).
Checking the Video Hardware and Driver Info, Rhino 8 shows “Shading Language: Not supported”.
Things I’ve tested to try and pinpoint / resolve the issue:
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GPU tessellation on and off
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Every OpenGL slider setting
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Custom and default display modes
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Setting viewport sharpness and document mesh from a medium smoothness to fastest, to smoothest and back
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Plugged in vs battery mode, and with different power profiles
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VRAM allocation between, from 8 GB to 48 GB
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Older builds of Rhino 8
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Rhino 7, which remains completely stable and fast
At this point, I suspect the most recent AMD drivers have broken OpenGL GLSL support for this GPU, and Rhino 8 is falling back to a reduced graphics mode as a result.
Has anyone else seen this with recent AMD drivers or 780M/890M iGPUs? Is there a known good driver version? Any workaround that restores proper viewport behavior?
SystemInfo dump below for SR17:
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Rhino 8 SR17 2025-3-7 (Rhino 8, 8.17.25066.07001, Git hash:master @ b14fcd901289f8715631debb308bc919a4988e07)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-03-07
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 56GB)
.NET 7.0.0
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]
Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: AMD Radeon™ 890M Graphics (AMD) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 11-6-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 25.11.1.251031
Integrated accelerated graphics device with 5 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 1
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #2
Primary OpenGL: AMD Radeon™ 890M Graphics (AMD) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 11-6-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 25.11.1.251031
Integrated accelerated graphics device with 5 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 1
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #2
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: None
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: Not supported
Driver Date: NA
Driver Version: NA
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 64 MB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\johandre\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\BlockEditNew\BlockEditNew_V8.rhp “BlockEdit” 1.0.0.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.17.25066.7001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
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And before when I used to be on SR24:
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Rhino 8 SR24 2025-10-8 (Rhino 8, 8.24.25281.15001, Git hash:master @ ba28668a8431990c700173e46ef2dbcb873cf092) License type: Commercial, build 2025-10-08 License details: Cloud Zoo Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 60GB) .NET 8.0.19 Computer platform: LAPTOP - Unplugged [34% battery remaining] ~57 minutes left Non-hybrid graphics configuration. Primary display and OpenGL: AMD Radeon™ 890M Graphics (AMD) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 10-13-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 25.10.2.251010 > Integrated accelerated graphics device with 5 adapter port(s) - Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port Primary OpenGL: AMD Radeon™ 890M Graphics (AMD) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 10-13-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 25.10.2.251010 > Integrated accelerated graphics device with 5 adapter port(s) - Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port OpenGL Settings Safe mode: Off Use accelerated hardware modes: On GPU Tessellation is: Off 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: Not supported Driver Date: 10-13-2025 Driver Version: 32.0.22021.1009 Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384 Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384 Total Video Memory: 4 GB Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino C:\Users\johandre\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\BlockEditNew\BlockEditNew_V8.rhp “BlockEdit” 1.0.0.0 Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.24.25281.15001 C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement” C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
