Although this card is not on the certified list, I run an FX
card on my system at home and it works pretty well with the right
set-up. First off, if you are trying to use Animator or PhotoWorks
for photorealistic renderings, you need a new card.
If not, here is what to try:
- Display Properties\Settings\Advanced\GeForce...\Performance settings or something along those lines. Normally a workstation card would have a SolidWorks setting where yours has "halo, doom3..." . Select "Global Setting" then go into the Global driver settings and turn everything off. There will be entries like "Antialiasing setiings, Anisotrpic filtering..." Save this Profile as SolidWorks.
- Control Panel\System\Advanced\Performance "Settings" \Visual Effects - Set this to adjust for best performance. This will turn off a bunch of fancy windows graphics.
Now try SolidWorks, if this has hepled, you can now go back and try turning on some of the other Driver Performance settings and even the Visual Effects if you like.
Good Luck.
Larry Burton
Group Leader, Mechanical Engineering
SW2006 SP5.1, XP Pro SP2
Dell Precision 370, 3 GHz, ATI GL5100,
2 Gb RAM ( /3 GB switch on)
If not, here is what to try:
- Display Properties\Settings\Advanced\GeForce...\Performance settings or something along those lines. Normally a workstation card would have a SolidWorks setting where yours has "halo, doom3..." . Select "Global Setting" then go into the Global driver settings and turn everything off. There will be entries like "Antialiasing setiings, Anisotrpic filtering..." Save this Profile as SolidWorks.
- Control Panel\System\Advanced\Performance "Settings" \Visual Effects - Set this to adjust for best performance. This will turn off a bunch of fancy windows graphics.
Now try SolidWorks, if this has hepled, you can now go back and try turning on some of the other Driver Performance settings and even the Visual Effects if you like.
Good Luck.
Larry Burton
Group Leader, Mechanical Engineering
SW2006 SP5.1, XP Pro SP2
Dell Precision 370, 3 GHz, ATI GL5100,
2 Gb RAM ( /3 GB switch on)
In order to get this card in a new Dell computer, your company should purchase a Dell workstation (precision models). Those come with certified video cards.
You can always install a new after-market card.
Short of that, you'll need to tell SolidWorks to run in software openGL mode. Open SW, but do not start or open a model, drawing or assembly. Select TOOLS/OPTIONS. Then select PERFORMANCE from the list on the left. Near the bottom of the check box list on the right is one "USE SOFTWARE OPENGL". Doing this will definitely cause a performance hit, but should show improvements over what you presently have now.
TJ McDermott
Formost Packaging Machines