# Paraview benchmarks without display

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-benchmarks-without-display/14216
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-benchmarks-without-display/14216 "2024-03-20T19:54:49Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-benchmarks-without-display/14216/7 "2024-03-22T11:07:08Z")

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Can you try this:

> [@Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536):
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> The OpenGL informations, visible in Help → About dialog, are not easily recoverable in pvpython yet. Here is how to do it. On ParaView 5.6 and earlier versions: import vtk as VTK openGLInfo=VTK.vtkPVOpenGLInformation() session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession() session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0) openGLInfo.GetVendor() openGLInfo.GetVersion() openGLInfo.GetRenderer() openGLInfo.GetCapabilities() On ParaView 5.7.X : openGLInfo=serverman…

Using the EGL binary release I get the following:

> > > ‘NVIDIA Corporation’  
> > > ‘4.6.0 NVIDIA 550.54.14’  
> > > ‘NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/PCIe/SSE2’

What do you get ?

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