Hi, I am looking into buying a new graphics card.
Based on previous experience of premature hardware deaths I would rather not spend a whole lot of money especially given the ridiculous cost of CAD cards vs the same hardware presented as a gaming card
It looks like either a FX570 or a FX1700 would be a candidates for purchase.
My question relates to the graphics power required for Realview in SW2009.
The various benchmarks I can find seem to relate to performance in more traditional CAD or DCC senses I think.
That is they are concerned with wireframes or shaded views or say, gaming type textures. Further the usual ones like Specview used by testers often relate to older SW versions.
Can someone please describe to me from their seat of the pants experience of realview if a FX570 has enough grunt to run full Realview with an assy of say 100 parts.
I had an old FX4000 for SW 2005 that probably runs about as fast as a FX570 if the general specs are to be believed but I think myself this will be a bit 'marginal' in reality for SW2009.
It would be great if a SW employee who tests these cards for certification or who is a member of the Realview development team could provide some recommendations or guidelines.
How about some sort of in house test or rating? or even a test incorporated into the program..
thanks for your assistance
Based on previous experience of premature hardware deaths I would rather not spend a whole lot of money especially given the ridiculous cost of CAD cards vs the same hardware presented as a gaming card
It looks like either a FX570 or a FX1700 would be a candidates for purchase.
My question relates to the graphics power required for Realview in SW2009.
The various benchmarks I can find seem to relate to performance in more traditional CAD or DCC senses I think.
That is they are concerned with wireframes or shaded views or say, gaming type textures. Further the usual ones like Specview used by testers often relate to older SW versions.
Can someone please describe to me from their seat of the pants experience of realview if a FX570 has enough grunt to run full Realview with an assy of say 100 parts.
I had an old FX4000 for SW 2005 that probably runs about as fast as a FX570 if the general specs are to be believed but I think myself this will be a bit 'marginal' in reality for SW2009.
It would be great if a SW employee who tests these cards for certification or who is a member of the Realview development team could provide some recommendations or guidelines.
How about some sort of in house test or rating? or even a test incorporated into the program..
thanks for your assistance
Neither I am a SolidWorks design team member nor do I have the FX570, but let me answer your question. I had the old FX1100 and a new V7700, and I can say that the V7700 can dynamically render the cycled exploding and collapsing assembly of 300-400 parts without any lags, and the squares in video output begin only if the large assembly mode is off while the total number of components exceeds 500. So, now it is the time to think about FireGL - they are cheaper but not so weak as they were supposed to be earlier comparing with NVidias. But, if you wanna try the FX570 anyway, I recommend you to find a dealer near you who will be able to test the desired card with your PC, to let you see the increase of performance on your own eyes.
Regards, Basil