steinmini
Civil/Environmental
- Apr 27, 2010
- 194
This is just for those who are reluctant to spend big $$$ for a dedicated workstation GPU...
My Quadro FX3400 is an old GPU and makes a lot of noise and just recently, crashed several times in RealView mode while I was working with some assemblies that were obviously too difficult to handle in RW mode. the other problem was with some sort of conflict between the MB GPU and system RAM. Couldn't make the 6G Kingston package to work with Windows. I decided to investigate and removed the Quadro, and by some miracle, my PC became much quieter and it appeared as if it became faster. I decided to try the memory sticks one more time. Once in their slots, went to BIOS and set the proper voltage and other parameters, and Voila!, it works. So, my conclusion was that the Quadro FX3400 was to blame. But what now? I certainly can work with SW even without the Quadro, but how to sort the renders? Well, I went through my bookmarks and found one the links I thought they might be useful one day:
This sounded just right... No special GPU requirements... Supports SW native files... Let's see...
Went to Keyshot site, downloaded the app, got the license key and gave it a go. Well, it works as a standalone app, also has a small "add-in" so it can be invoked through SW, and it's just as easy as it gets. And, above all, it's idiot-proof...
For those who use SW and don't have a dedicated or say, approved GPU and still need some simple and powerful rendering engine, might want to look that way... I'm more than pleased and in fact, I'm delighted with what I was able to do within about a week...
My Quadro FX3400 is an old GPU and makes a lot of noise and just recently, crashed several times in RealView mode while I was working with some assemblies that were obviously too difficult to handle in RW mode. the other problem was with some sort of conflict between the MB GPU and system RAM. Couldn't make the 6G Kingston package to work with Windows. I decided to investigate and removed the Quadro, and by some miracle, my PC became much quieter and it appeared as if it became faster. I decided to try the memory sticks one more time. Once in their slots, went to BIOS and set the proper voltage and other parameters, and Voila!, it works. So, my conclusion was that the Quadro FX3400 was to blame. But what now? I certainly can work with SW even without the Quadro, but how to sort the renders? Well, I went through my bookmarks and found one the links I thought they might be useful one day:
This sounded just right... No special GPU requirements... Supports SW native files... Let's see...
Went to Keyshot site, downloaded the app, got the license key and gave it a go. Well, it works as a standalone app, also has a small "add-in" so it can be invoked through SW, and it's just as easy as it gets. And, above all, it's idiot-proof...
For those who use SW and don't have a dedicated or say, approved GPU and still need some simple and powerful rendering engine, might want to look that way... I'm more than pleased and in fact, I'm delighted with what I was able to do within about a week...