Blender Slow To Open And UI Glitchy #85802

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Joshua Woodson · 2021-02-19T21:07:57+01:00

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-19 21:07:57 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra)
Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB

Blender Version
Broken: 2.91.2
Worked: 2.80

Short description of error
I just downloaded and installed Blender 2.9 for the first time and when I open it, it takes 1-2 minutes to open up and after that, the UI is glitchy (there are these weird diagonal shadows across all of the menus and options in the UI). I tried using both Blender 2.90.1 (one of the first releases of Blender 2.9, I think) and the latest stable release at this moment in time (2.91.2), and I get the same results.

However, if I use Blender 2.79b or 2.80, Blender opens up normally (in just 2-3 seconds) and the UI is fine.

Here's a screenshot of the broken UI:

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
N/A

**System Information** Operating system: macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB **Blender Version** Broken: 2.91.2 Worked: 2.80 **Short description of error** I just downloaded and installed Blender 2.9 for the first time and when I open it, it takes 1-2 minutes to open up and after that, the UI is glitchy (there are these weird diagonal shadows across all of the menus and options in the UI). I tried using both Blender 2.90.1 (one of the first releases of Blender 2.9, I think) and the latest stable release at this moment in time (2.91.2), and I get the same results. However, if I use Blender 2.79b or 2.80, Blender opens up normally (in just 2-3 seconds) and the UI is fine. Here's a screenshot of the broken UI: ![screenshot.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9818825/screenshot.png) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** N/A

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-19 21:07:57 +01:00

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Andreas Lutsch commented

2021-02-19 22:43:57 +01:00

Added subscriber: @AndreasLutsch

Andreas Lutsch commented

2021-02-19 22:43:57 +01:00

You probably have a Sandy Bridge Intel CPU and the Intel HD Graphics 3000 supports only OpenGL 3.1 whereas the minimum OpenGL version required for recent versions is 3.3.

Robert Guetzkow commented

2021-02-19 22:48:03 +01:00

Added subscriber: @rjg

Robert Guetzkow commented

2021-02-19 22:48:03 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Archived'

Robert Guetzkow closed this issue

2021-02-19 22:48:03 +01:00

Robert Guetzkow commented

2021-02-19 22:48:03 +01:00

Unfortunately, your GPU is below the minimum requirements for running Blender. For integrated Intel GPUs we require processors with Haswell architecture or a newer generation and current graphics driver. Furthermore the GPU needs to have 1 GB of memory. We do not provide support for issues caused by unsupported hardware or drivers.

Unfortunately, your GPU is below the [minimum requirements ](https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/) for running Blender. For integrated Intel GPUs we require processors with Haswell architecture or a newer generation and current graphics driver. Furthermore the GPU needs to have 1 GB of memory. We do not provide support for issues caused by unsupported hardware or drivers.

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-20 06:32:10 +01:00

Changed status from 'Archived' to: 'Resolved'

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-20 06:32:10 +01:00

Oh, okay. Thanks for the information.

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-20 07:18:11 +01:00

Could anybody tell me the latest version of Blender my hardware will support?

Robert Guetzkow commented

2021-02-20 10:16:47 +01:00

I might work in one of the 2.8x releases, with 2.83 LTS being the latest, but officially the hardware is unsupported since 2.80 .

I might work in one of the 2.8x releases, with 2.83 LTS being the latest, but officially the hardware is [unsupported since 2.80 ](https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/147150/blender-2-80-system-req-gpu-req).

Joshua Woodson commented

2021-02-20 16:45:58 +01:00

TY

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Blender Slow To Open And UI Glitchy #85802