new graphics card problems

[Bill Cronkhite]

IT just installed an Nvidia g-force 6200 graphics card in my system, and now X2 is so slow it is almost unusable. Can anyone give me any insight into the issues so I can pass them on to the IT people.

 

Thanks

Bill

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so I can pass them on to the IT people

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Tell them you need something better, period.

 

While some people running Vista are seeing quite good graphics on HIGH end GeForce cards, that card was probably purchased out of teh $29.99 bargian bin.

 

IMO, it will never work well for you

[Bryan Johnson]

The Quadro FX1600m in my laptop has been very reliable.

 

The Quadro FX570 in my desktop. NOT so good. I have had issues with the file open dialogue, and highlight / selection.

[bogusmill]

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IT just installed an Nvidia g-force 6200 graphics card

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Thats a 4 year old card. My question is if they just put that in, what was there before?

[robh]

In my desktop the g-force 6200 works fine even when I've got MC9,X2 and X3 open. Been thinking of upgrading but for the time being if it ain't broke I'm leaving it alone. Of course, mill 1 doesn't take what mill 3 does.

regards

robh

[R Bennett]

I talked to Mastercam recently and they recomend the NVIDA Quatro FX cards, I believe that the G-Force cards are engineered for gaming and not for cad.

[Christian Raebild]

The Gforce cards are designed for gaming, but for Mastercam v9 and earlier (and possibly also for version X), high end Geforce cards were a more economic choice for Mastercam than Quadro cards if the user wanted a cheap card. Past that time, Quadro cards are a better choice, and generally cheaper for equivalent power for CAD/CAM.

 

The current Quadro FX570 is a cheaper card than the GeForce 6200 you mention, but is a more powerful card.

[Bill Cronkhite]

Thank you to everyone. He put teh old card back in yesterday, and everything is working again. The old card is a GE Force2 MX200. They are supposed to be ordering a new card, and I will pass along teh recomendations. I guess I've been depending on IT for too long, and am behind on teh technology. My systems at home are somewhat dated except for the new sony vaio.

 

Thanks again!

 

Bill

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Past that time,

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Sorry I disagree here, I run 2 GeForce 8800's in SLI mode. X3 MU1 in Vista runs without any of the older issues from GeForce cards.

 

BUT, from everything I have seen it MUST be a better card, the entry level GEForce cards will not serve anyone using it for CAD well.

 

I run X3, SW2009, the ONLY thin I give up is Real Graphics in SW2009

 

Past, not by a long shot.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

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Past that time, Quadro cards are a better choice, and generally cheaper for equivalent power for CAD/CAM.

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I have to disagree as well. I got a 9800GT for $130 and it will easily digest anything I can throw at it and ask for more. That's on two panels at max resolution (combined 3200 x 1200) with Vista 64. IMHO gaming is far more demanding that CAD nowadays. How much will you pay for an equivalent Quadro card, and what does it get you that the gaming card won't?

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IMHO gaming is far more demanding that CAD nowadays. How much will you pay for an equivalent Quadro card, and what does it get you that the gaming card won't?

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What is DOES get you IF you require it. IS a set of hardware and a tuned driver to take advantage of the OpenGL programming. The hardware that driver the GeForce cards since the 6 series til now still is the EXACT same hardware on the Nvidia cards. The Nvidia cards have added chip set and the tuned drivers.

 

The stuff MCAM does is nothing like the animation and stuff that goes on in a program like Maya.

 

Toss a GeForce card at that proggy and you'll IMMEDIATELY understand why you want the GeForce card.

 

I'm no "coder" but I don't "think" MCAM is really tuned to use the OpenGL source at a "high" level at any rate but that is ONLY my opinion.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Example: Video card and driver tuned to a specific software application.

 

http://news.nvidia.com:8080/read/archive?i....com&x=11cf2bdd