Approved Graphics card drivers
Approved Graphics card drivers
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Another debate raging here at work....
The approved drivers on the SWx site. Are the SPECIFIC ones listed on the site the ONLY ones you should use
OR
The specific ones listed or NEWER?
There are some approved drivers, say for nVidia that are not the latest and greatest drivers from the vendor.
I am of the opinion that we should stick with the specific ones listed on the SWx site. There are others here that think it's ok to go with newer ones.
What's the right answer?
The approved drivers on the SWx site. Are the SPECIFIC ones listed on the site the ONLY ones you should use
OR
The specific ones listed or NEWER?
There are some approved drivers, say for nVidia that are not the latest and greatest drivers from the vendor.
I am of the opinion that we should stick with the specific ones listed on the SWx site. There are others here that think it's ok to go with newer ones.
What's the right answer?






RE: Approved Graphics card drivers
Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: Approved Graphics card drivers
The only real way to be sure is to test, starting with the approved ones from SW.
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Plus I'd think by now with the move to directx that SW would allow any driver as long as its WHQL certified. I'm using newer driver than what is "recommended"
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Anyway....thanks for the info
We have a couple of guys (still on 2009) where it gets all "blocky" when they rotate. They have drivers newer than recommended. they have FX 1700's too......I thought it was ill-advised to go with newer.
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Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
Certified DriveWorks AE
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100
Dell M90, Core 2 Duo, 4g RAM, Nvidia Quadra FX2500M
Equus (custom), P4, 3.4g proc, 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX3400
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
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+1 for autodesk inventor as they went to directx about 3+ years ago and haven't looked back. So much nicer to go with a gaming card (just got myself an ATI HD5870 for my new CAD rig) instead of being stuck with Nvidia quadro FX price tags.
RE: Approved Graphics card drivers
If you use an approved workstation and driver it may be on 2 lists the (Unspecified) select card MFG and the Dell M4400 > ATI/nVidia (FirePro ####/QFX ####) I talked with a vendor at world about this I think ATI because Quadro FX is getting old like Fire GL did for ATI a while back. My next Graphics Card I may want to buy with subscription. :)
It's a waste of time to classify cards as Gaming or CAD cards can't a person want to do or be able to do both? You can have a gaming card more powerful than a CAD card but would SolidWorks recommend you use it? Look at the specs for the cards you buy because the numbers mean nothing really only 9900 looks better than a 1750 Frames per second, bus speed, and other specs are often shown in performance tests. I was told but have yet to try an ATI program that checks how much your system is using in SolidWorks and what card is needed to display your assemblies smoothly. I'll repost the link when I find it.
Desktop Engineering does Graphics Cards reviews with nice comparison tables that show specs and performance data.
ATI Fire Pro
http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaasmn.htm
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NVidia
http
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html
While looking into getting a new laptop I started a spreadsheet that shows support for Graphics Cards and change by year. This was before win7 has been fully certified or updated on certifications page.
https://w
Michael