Video Card - SW

[SWISGR8]

We have video cards that are not SW Cert but we dont see a lot of problems (we work primarily with relatively small files, which i assume is why). But occasionally we have some "anomalies" which I suspect might be the Card. One in particular that a couple of us have seen rarely is when printing, a cut surface section view shows stray edges that are in the part and would show along with others if it were full, but should not be in the cut surface section view. This happens with hard copies and pdfs although not consistently in either, I dont think. The video card seems to be a hard sell right now, so I am just trying to get some info.

Thanks

 

[SincoTC]

Try checking the "Use Software OpenGL" under "Tools> Options> System Options> Performance"? You must do this BEFORE you open any files or it will probablly be greyed out. It will probably run slower, but if it's stable and doesn't show the problems, then it is almost certainly a Video Card or driver problem.



Trevor Clarke. (R & D) Scientific Instruments.Somerset. UK

SW2007x64 SP3.0 Pentium P4 3.6Ghz, 4Gb Ram ATI FireGL V7100 Driver: 8.323.0.0
SW2009x32 SP1.0 Pentium P4 3.6Ghz, 2Gb Ram NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 Driver: 6.14.11.7751

 

[SWISGR8]

Great one Trevor ... I passed it on. If it is the problem, hopefully it give us some leverage with the powers that be.

Thanks again

 

[dogarila]

You can buy an nVidia Quadro FX570 for about $200. It is strange how people spend $4-5,000 on SolidWorks and try to save on hardware creating all sorts of problems.

I doubt the video card causes your issue with printing.

 

[SWISGR8]

I hear you dogarila. I guess money has to get saved somewhere, but I'm with you 100% considering how quickly those extra bucks are reclaimed in efficiency improvements. We have NVS which I understand are in no way, shape,form, model, reincarnation, or shape shifting a 3D CAD card (I could be wrong so I tried to stay on the fence with my comment). My gut feeling was not card, but I have heard anything to do with graphics can be influenced by the card. I like SincoTC's idea though, if nothing else, to do some elimination and/or get some troubleshooting data.

Thanks Both

 

[m1mason]

NVS is generally for 2D. That's why they're cheap

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