success with rivatuner!
success with rivatuner!
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after a few trys i managed to upgrade my fx5200 to a quadro fx500. it runs real nice now!
the performance in Solidworks is much better i think, also Realview is now enabled, and looks super!)
i anded up using Nvidia drivers 44.03, since soldworks website had them listed. Thanks to Unwinder for a great program.
now i have Quadro performace from a $99.99 vid card! :)
i followed this tutorial in case anyone else in interested:
http://www.digitalwizardry.ca/archive/sw/nvidia/softqua...
the performance in Solidworks is much better i think, also Realview is now enabled, and looks super!)
i anded up using Nvidia drivers 44.03, since soldworks website had them listed. Thanks to Unwinder for a great program.
now i have Quadro performace from a $99.99 vid card! :)
i followed this tutorial in case anyone else in interested:
http://www.digitalwizardry.ca/archive/sw/nvidia/softqua...






RE: success with rivatuner!
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"Gimme dat stickwelder, will yer lad. No need to get all fancy wid'those modern drills." Apprenticeship Lesson 61
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In short, yes if you use Pre-45.xx Detonator drivers and yes it is worth it if you are running any 3D CAD program. It is a bit scary the first time because it does require a fair bit of computer wizzardry, hence the need to find some plain & simple walkthrough for the conversion
Be the Force with you...
"Gimme dat stickwelder, will yer lad. No need to get all fancy wid'those modern drills." Apprenticeship Lesson 61
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http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=87117&SPID=559&newpid=559&page=1
Well, looks like you'll have to copy'n paste this one
"Gimme dat stickwelder, will yer lad. No need to get all fancy wid'those modern drills." Apprenticeship Lesson 61
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Alex
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Download both Forceware and Rivatuner from:
http://www.guru3d.com/
Get "GLInfo" to see what your render engine is:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3640.html
Flores
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Flores
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Thanks
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What detonator driver version did you download?
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@pdybeck, check to see if use open gl software is checked in the options menu. I had to uncheck mine for realview to work.
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OpenGL is unchecked and has been. My device manager sees my card as a qaudro FX 500. When I open a part in SolidWorks the RealView icon is not greyed out for a quick second, and then becomes greyed out as soon as the file is loaded. I have the shader folders under my install directory. I am using detonator driver version 44.03. What else is there? Any help would be appreciated.
Pete Yodis
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Plus another benefit of the card, You VAR can't blame the video card for the problem as often.
http://store.yahoo.com/digitally-unique/vcqfx500-pb.html
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I disagree with your statement. According to SolidWorks website, NVidia driver version 44.03 is a certified driver version as of 7/13/03 as well as the 53.03. The hacking is a separate issue and that is what is being discussed here on this thread. Mitsu50 was able to get his Geforce FX 5200 card to work with realview by applying the rivatuner qaudro hack. Since he was able to get it to work, I am wondering why I don't have the same success. I am fully aware that my card is not a quadro card, and don't have any plans to ask my IT department to buy me one. If I can get what the qaudro card gives me for only $99, then I will just as many others have had success in the same way. My VAR should not be blaming software issues that are non-graphics releted on the card anyway and if they tried I would tell them to try that story somewhere else, because it doesn't fly.
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IfMitsu50 was able to get it to work then he should be the one repling in this thread. Since your not using an approved card. I can't honestly say what the problem is, but i'll bet it's in your drivers.
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All more recent drivers are protected,(so far)
I used 45.23,applied the hack exactly as directed on my FX5200,and now have FX500 Quatro with RealView enabled.
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The FORCEWARE driver is the same driver for Geforce, as well as the Quadro line. Read the last paragraph here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_uda.html
Download official Forcware here:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/software.html
As far as Realview showing materials in a single part, but not in an assembly, it might be that you have a color applied in the assembly because I had the same problem until I figured it out.
In the assembly, right-click the part and choose "Appearance" > "Colors".
In the "Selection" box, pick the part, and pick the "Remove Color" button. Apparently this supercedes any material that is applied and "Realview" ignores the material.
Flores
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The original poster has one of these.
As you say, the forceware drivers will work with the Geforce 2/Quatro hack.
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stvntylr
Design Engineer
www.cei.to
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there should be info on which drivers are the latest to work with this mod. The mod will work on your 4200 cards.
For all of you with ATI based cards, a similar hack is available with the same tool, and there also exists a socalled freefireGL driver to make the process easyer.
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Best of luck !
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