Monitors

Back when we were looking at setting up your workspace in Chapter 8, Customizing You User Interface, we talked a little bit about monitors. While I cannot say that I can dive quite as deep into the world of displays as I can with mice, I do have a few thoughts to share that I think are important, as far as SketchUp is concerned.

Video cards

I know, we are here to talk about monitors, but we should spend a moment or two talking about the hardware that drives the monitors. When running SketchUp, you do need a video card that is capable of fully supporting OpenGL. Most video card from Nvidia and AMD will support OpenGL in a way that keep SketchUp running smoothly. In some cases, though, on-board, or integrated video cards fall short of full support. At the same time, some newer video cards designed for high-end graphics for video games also lack in OpenGL support.

To be honest, it would probably be possible to dedicate an entire chapter to video card selection and how...