How to get the GPU vendor, model name and driver version?

Ben1 · May 16, 2014, 4:48pm

Hi guys, anybody knows what line(s) of code I could use to get the GPU vendor, model name and driver version as shown by the INFO log when we launch a project? It’s not part of the renderer.getCaps() and I can’t seem to find a function that returns this.

Thx

jonesadev · May 16, 2014, 5:07pm

From sources you can access it directly by using the Display class.

github.com

jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine/blob/a5ceb6ea256ee85a5ab3c93235b89feaeb3b82ea/jme3-lwjgl/src/main/java/com/jme3/system/lwjgl/LwjglContext.java#L82


public void setSystemListener(SystemListener listener){
    this.listener = listener;
}
protected void printContextInitInfo() {
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "Lwjgl {0} context running on thread {1}",
            new Object[]{Sys.getVersion(), Thread.currentThread().getName()});
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "Adapter: {0}", Display.getAdapter());
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "Driver Version: {0}", Display.getVersion());
    String vendor = GL11.glGetString(GL11.GL_VENDOR);
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "Vendor: {0}", vendor);
    String version = GL11.glGetString(GL11.GL_VERSION);
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "OpenGL Version: {0}", version);
    String renderGl = GL11.glGetString(GL11.GL_RENDERER);
    logger.log(Level.INFO, "Renderer: {0}", renderGl);

pspeed · May 16, 2014, 5:58pm

Unfortunately, JME doesn’t expose this information. I always wished to add it someday but it has not been high on my to-do list… especially since going directly to the Display class works and will only break when moving to a different non-lwjgl platform. This hasn’t caused me pain yet.

Querying other open GL settings (like max sprite size) is also something I’d like to have.

Ben1 · May 16, 2014, 7:37pm

Hi @jonesadev! OK that suits my needs and it works perfectly in my project Thanks!

Paul, I think that’s a good idea to expose those, but GL11.glGetString(GL11.GL_RENDERER) does the trick.

Thanks.