Use the System Info menu option to determine information about your system. This option is especially useful for determining your rendering mode. Sample output follows.

read_mysql_cfg_file  C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini
[('tmp_table_size', '9M'), 
('myisam_sort_buffer_size', '18M'), 
('table_cache', '256'), 
('read_rnd_buffer_size', '256K'), 
('port', '3306'), ('max_connections', '100'), 
('innodb_buffer_pool_size', '18M'), 
('myisam_max_sort_file_size', '100G'), 
('sql-mode', '"STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"'), 
('basedir', '"C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/"'), 
('default-character-set', 'latin1'), 
('datadir', '"C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/Data/"'), 
('innodb_log_buffer_size', '1M'), 
('innodb_log_file_size', '10M'), 
('innodb_thread_concurrency', '8'), 
('read_buffer_size', '64K'), 
('innodb_additional_mem_pool_size', '2M'), 
('thread_cache_size', '8'), 
('innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit', '1'), 
('query_cache_size', '0'), 
('sort_buffer_size', '256K'), 
('default-storage-engine', 'INNODB'), 
('key_buffer_size', '11M')]
MySQL Workbench OSS for Windows version 5.2.8
Cairo Version: 1.8.6
Rendering Mode: GDI requested (create a diagram to confirm)
OpenGL Driver Version: Not Detected
OS: unknown
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T9300  @ 2.50GHz, 1.0 GB RAM
Video adapter info:
Adapter type: VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
Chip Type: VBOX
BIOS String: Version 0xB0C2 or later
Video Memory: 12288 KB