Stuttering graphics when working with a solid model

[Rotary Ninja]

Not bad at all. Have you used Vista much? I heard it is a lot better than when they first introduced it. And I read Windows 7 is basically Vista all patched up. But I have never used Vista so I don't know. All I know is Windows 7 rocks.

[Müřlıń®]

The t5400 has twin Xeons. The motherboard archeture is incompatible with 64 bit.

so I am just going with XP Pro and 4 gig.

 

For the work I am doing it will be plenty fast.

I will get XP installed, patched and a system image made well before

Microsoft discontinues support.

[MotorCityMinion]

That was a nice XP system. Probably one of the best deals they had going. They are gone now.

[Dan@home]

I have to agree with Murlin.. We have $400.00 boxes programming million$ machines.Change everything to surfaces, Sucks!

[Rotary Ninja]

So is the PC in your sig your home PC Dan? I was wondering how the dual Quadro cards work. We had a discussion about SLI with professional cards and it was mentioned that Mastercam and other professional software doesn't take advantage of SLI.

[Jayson Kramer]

Kevin , all my testing I would just go with a new Quadro 4000 seems to be better after all/ but I was also running dual Quadro FX 4600 older cards.

they rock in my wife's box now.

[Rotary Ninja]

Yeah, I am saving that one for a future upgrade Jay. I wish I could afford one, but they are a tad high right now.

[MadPickinSkills]

Try adjusting the nvidia control panel settings. (right click desktop--> nvidia control panel)

Go to the "Manage 3D settings" page and add mastercam.exe to the list under "Select a program to cutomize"

[Chap54]

Ok- once mastercam is in there, then what? Turn everyting off?

 

I sent my boss the specs listed in this thread, thinking that would get things going. So the talk was I would be getting a new computer. Yeah! I was out yesterday, and I come back in today, and I was told that a new computer is being built for me. huh? I wasn't asked for any input, so who knows what I'll end up with. It seems that they entrust this company to provide the computer solutions for the engineering dept. what is scary is that none of them are working that well, and most are using older parts.

[Rotary Ninja]

That is usually the way it goes. Management thinks the best solution is to create a budget for the PC first, choose somebody to purchase it from, then let someone that has no clue what CAD/CAM is spec it out. It is a really ridiculous way to do business. They might as well throw their money in a wastebasket and set it on fire and put the fire out with gasoline.

 

I spent 3 years trying to get a new PC. I finally get one with an i5 and 4GB of memory that was designed for doing spreadsheets and working with word documents and browsing the internet (Dell Optiplex). It was a couple months later before they gave me a video card to put in it. Yes, I was working on the i5's built in GPU!

 

They just don't understand. Any company that has CAD/CAM workstations would do well to hire a guy into PC gaming just to design their PC's. They are the kind of people that know what it takes to put 3D graphics on a screen and do it well.

[Chap54]

That is usually the way it goes. Management thinks the best solution is to create a budget for the PC first, choose somebody to purchase it from, then let someone that has no clue what CAD/CAM is spec it out. It is a really ridiculous way to do business. They might as well throw their money in a wastebasket and set it on fire and put the fire out with gasoline.

 

Yep, that's what it looks like. Damn! At least XP is going away, and it looks like (fingers crossed) they are going to spring for maintenance so I can upgrade as time goes by.