Windows 7

[LiamBeans]

I recently got a new work PC with windows 7. I put MCx5 on it an it installed and opens, but once i do that I have trouble. For instance; i can not see the selection window, sometimes if I draw lines/arcs they don't show up immediately, also one of my post processors isn't working. I am rocking 4 gigs of ddr3 RAM and a 2.3 gHz dual core with plenty of memory. Do i need faster? On my old PC I had 1 gig of ram and an adequate processor and everything ran smoothly. Lastly, is there any chance of using older versions of Mcam? I rely pretty heavily on v9 for a few of my machines. I have been trying to phase out of v9 but to keep it as a last resort seems like the smart thing to do. Thanks in advance for any help!

[gcode]

What video card are you running...

 

and

 

 

 

I'm moving this to the main forum.. you'll get more hits there

[LiamBeans]

I just use the on board graphics*, would a solid state help?

 

*Graphics Card

 

Integrated 3D graphics

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M

with up to 1759 MB of Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0

(64 MB of dedicated system memory, up to 1695 MB of shared system memory),

supporting Microsoft® DirectX® 10

[Guest]

on board graphics cards are junk, period.

 

If you're running on Windows 7 x64, V9 is not going to run on a Hasp.

On a nethasp it'll run but you won't like the performance.

 

Like it or not V9 is dead technology and does not support any of the new software.

[LiamBeans]

on board graphics cards are junk, period.

 

If you're running on Windows 7 x64, V9 is not going to run on a Hasp.

On a nethasp it'll run but you won't like the performance.

 

Like it or not V9 is dead technology and does not support any of the new software.

 

 

I agree completely, in fact, when I started this job I had to learn to use v9. I have only been in this field for about 4 years and the earliest that I have used was x2. My problem is that I am using a laptop, so the on board graphics will have to do. I know that they are not ideal, but can they be substantial?

[Guest]

not typically as they don't use Graphics acceleration.

 

You can go into the software of the card and try turning down the Hardware Acceleration, that make make the graphics look a bit better but you'll lose performance.

 

There's no real way around that.

[Tyler Robertson]

if you feel you have to keep v9 as a backup - might I suggest you just keep an old computer around that it ran well on and was proved out from start to Run-code. It would probably be less of a hassle than getting v9 to run with todays graphics cards/drivers/windows7