Quadro 2500m settings for cad

[lapuser]

This is a general question about best quadro card settings for cad cam. I chose to post this question in this group because it seems very active whereas there is no group for the VX-cadcam that I use. I am assuming there is commonality in usefull settings for all cadcam so here goes. What are the optimal settings for general use with a quadro 2500m. The computer is an M90 with 2gig ram and the 120 gig hard drive. Does second party stuff like Rivatuner actualy do anything for you, and do all those settings under forceware actualy do anything? It is suprising how little info is out there on this so anyone that would care to, please reply. Thanks, Lapuser

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Assuming you are using the 6.14.10.8429 driver, and running SW05 or later, the 2500M should be good to go as installed. It is a certified card and you should not need any of the Rivatuner tweaks.

Just make sure you have selected the SolidWorks application setting.

 

[StefanHamminga]

The application setting control certain driver settings & fixes, for instance take the SolidWorks profile from a recent Quadro driver (this piece of XML is from the following file:
C:\Windows\System32\nvwsapps.xml):

<PROFILE Label="Solidworks">
<PROPERTY Label="ws_buffer_flipping_mode" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_render_quality" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_force_generic_cpu" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_single_back_depth_buffer" Value="0x00000001" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_app_softimage" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_app_support_bits" Value="0x00024240" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_overlay_support" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_application_key" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_overlay_merge_blit_timerms" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_stereo_support" Value="0x00000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="conformant_texture_clamp" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_aa_line_gamma" Value="0x00000010" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_rendering_mode" Value="4" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_ogl_options" Value="ffff" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multi_mon_config" Value="3" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="vsync_default" Value="60925292"/>
<PROPERTY Label="aa_default" Value="0"/>
<PROPERTY Label="gamma_correct_aa" Value="0"/>
<PROPERTY Label="sli_aa" Value="51621660"/>
<PROPERTY Label="transparency_aa" Value="0"/>
</PROFILE>

Each property has a label (what you see in the NVIDIA Control panel, under 3D settings) a value and a type (predefined means the option will be greyed out in the control panel and you cannot modify the setting).

One of these settings ("ws_app_support_bits") controls specific application fixes to be used by the driver.
The other settings basically are to increase stability (at the cost of performance).
You can create custom profiles, to enhance the performance, most of the time at zero stability costs, but then again, you could be that one case where (for example) overlays are a problem.

Tweak tools like rivatuner do the same thing, they override the values set by the control panel, even those locked by the application profile.

Here is a higher performance profile (similar to what rivatuner would accomplish). Note that you should change the value of the "ws_app_support_bits" property to that of your program.

<PROFILE Label="Performance - Single dispay">
<PROPERTY Label="ws_buffer_flipping_mode" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_render_quality" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_force_generic_cpu" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_single_back_depth_buffer" Value="1" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_app_softimage" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_app_support_bits" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_overlay_support" Value="1" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_application_key" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_overlay_merge_blit_timerms" Value="28" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_stereo_support" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="conformant_texture_clamp" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ws_aa_line_gamma" Value="10" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_rendering_mode" Value="4" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_ogl_options" Value="ffff" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="multi_mon_config" Value="1" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="vsync_default" Value="8416747" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="aa_default" Value="10000000" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="gamma_correct_aa" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="sli_aa" Value="51621660" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="transparency_aa" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="dyn_tiling_mode" Value="3" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="triple_buffering" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="threading" Value="1" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="get_error" Value="8" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="af_default" Value="10000001" Itemtype="predefined"/>
<PROPERTY Label="ogl_extension" Value="0" Itemtype="predefined"/>
</PROFILE>

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer

 

[lapuser]

Thanks all. Stefan, you are way beyond my knowledge. I was looking for general settings with the Forceware or Rivatuner apps that might help and I certainly do not have the ability to tinker with settings. Dave