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  1. LogicPaintball

    All text is unreadable in Graphics Area only - SolidWorks '05

    Roger that. I'm currently looking at a Rage GL T2 128. It shows up in the middle of the ATI card list on the SW website, and it comes in at less than $200. While I know you get what you pay for (to a point anyway), I can't justify a $500 video card when the one I have now is working. Now...
  2. LogicPaintball

    All text is unreadable in Graphics Area only - SolidWorks '05

    Victory! The Software OpenGL trick worked like a champ. Are there any drawbacks to using SW this way? At any rate, my text is readable, and it still seems to model OK, so I am happy as if I had my right mind. Thanks much fellas, as much as I would have liked to have bought a FireGL card...
  3. LogicPaintball

    All text is unreadable in Graphics Area only - SolidWorks '05

    Yowza! I had no idea that SW was so hard on graphics cards. My drivers are up to date, with the latest right off of ATI's website. I will try the software OpenGL trick, but I found that advice in a search I did before I posted, and could not find the tick box you're talking about. I can't...
  4. LogicPaintball

    All text is unreadable in Graphics Area only - SolidWorks '05

    OK, I am a new user of Solidworks, so if I use the wrong terms for things, say something stupid, etc., I don't mean to. I am currently running SW '05 SP0.0 on an AMD 1600+ with 512MB of RAM and an ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 video card. Running Windows XP Pro SP2+ for the OS. This is a fresh...

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