GRAPHICS CARD UPDATE ADVICE

[PHILLIPS7609]

I AM NEW TO SOLIDWORKS AND I'M TRING TO SET UP MY SYSTEM.
I HAVE CHECKED ON THE SOLID WORKS WEB SITE FOR "SUPPORTED"
GRAPHICS CARDS AND THE QUADRO 4 900XGL SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD,
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD CHOICE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? BY THE WAY, THIS IS ONLY FOR LIGHT DUTY, HOME
USE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE,
PHILLIPS7609

 

[rockguy]

The FX 500 is also a good card and I believe its a little cheaper than the 900???

Rob Rodriguez CSWP

http://www.robrodriguez.com

SW 2005 SP4.0/SW 2006 EV

 

[Heckler]

Check the FAQ faq559-936 on video cards. I would make a mental note to refer to this section when need arises. I personally use the 750 XGL and that does me fine. It cost me $650 a little over three years ago. At work I have the FX 1400 which is supported by the new PCIe bus. But when I ran star 2.0 my home computer was not much slower then my new Dell workstation here at work.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea" Bernard-Paul Heroux

 

[J-C]

I have a used (about 2 years old) FX500 that I won from the Solidworks 2004 beta contest. Works fine and does RealView. I'll let it go for $50. I replaced it with a GeForce 6800 GT to get my gaming fix at home, otherwise no issues with it.


Jason

 

[SBaugh]

I wouldn't pass that up!

I have both the 500 and 1100 FX. They are awesome cards and for that price you won't regret it. Plus I think it's newer then the 900 XGL

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[lanie]

Gildashard

I would like to buy that card if Philips is not interested in it

 

[J-C]

It's not a bad card at all. It's fairly fast on moderately large assemblies and plays alot of games well. Just doesn't play Doom3 and Battlefield 2 worth a crap, but any game older than 2 years does well.

Oh, and the card is AGPx8 I believe so whomever gets it needs to make sure their motherboard is compatable.

Jason

 

[PHILLIPS7609]

THANKS GILDASHARD FOR THE OFFER ON THE CARD BUT I TALKED TO MY COMPUTER GUY AND FOUND OUT THAT MY MOTHER BOARD IS PCIe, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

ANYWAY HE SAYS I HAVE TO GO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THE FX540. IT ALSO HAS 128MB ONBOARD AND COSTS LESS THAN $250.00. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE?

THANKS,
PHILLIPS7609

 

[SBaugh]

That means PCI-Express - so neither card will work for you. The 900 XGL is AGP as well as the 500.

You should look at the Quadro FX 4400/3400/1400/1300/540

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[lanie]

Gildashard,

You can contact me here lnirs@yahoo.com

Thankyou

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

This URL compares the nVidia cards.

http://nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html

Note the Memory Bandwidth row for performance specs.
Also note the Max Power Consumption row. In some cases, (older or cheaper computers) upgrading the card could necessitate upgrading the power supply.


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of faq559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions faq559-1091

 

[rporter]

Phillips7609,

I have been using a FX540 for about 2 months now.

It works well for me. The assembly files that I work with are about 50 to 100 componets I would say it is a little better than the FX500 agp card as far as speed goes.