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From: PotFlower on 2 Oct 2007 10:25 pete wrote: > Phil, > > What everyone seems to have missed is that yes solidworks will run under > Vista 32 bit, BUT...... > > 1,You will be using software OpenGL = slow, even if you get a driver > working, it is still not very good. Come on, you don't have amuch of a attention span, do yoy. ogl drivcers are available for a bunch of Nvideo cards. They don't have to run in software ogl. How do I know? Because I'm using it That way. Dint read it in a magazine. > > 2, You can NOT install service packs as Vista is not recognized by the > Solidworks windows installer. > > Been there, tried it! I bet yor the kind that uses a wrench to knock in nails. This is only true with the NON-VISTA versions. 2007 had a vista version beta, but I don't think there were any sps. 2008 hasnt had any sps yet. Daisy -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: jimsym on 2 Oct 2007 10:38 > 1,You will be using software OpenGL = slow, even if you get a driver > working, it is still not very good. HW accelerated drivers for SW2008 Vista32-bit have been certified for desktop nVidia Quadro FX cards. They are fast. The same drivers should work for 2007, too - even though they are not certified. Notebook drivers have to be supplied by the manufacturer. Eventually, these will be tested and certified by SolidWorks. Until then, the drivers supplied by the notebook vendors should work - even if not perfectly. Oddly enough, certification is no guarantee. According to SolidWorks website, Vista drivers have been certfied for ATI FireGL card, but in the Tech Bulletin about the drivers being availabe for the nVidia cards, they state that the ATI drivers are unstable and not recommended. Similarly, all of the qualitative recommendations re older video cards and SW2008 RealView that were included in the Beta software readme are gone. Now even cards that were supposedly not recommended for SW2008 are listed as "passing all tests. So, the question is, what is the value of certification if certified drivers can still be unstable and not recommended?
From: solidsmack on 2 Oct 2007 11:56 I would wait to upgrade hardware and OS till SP1 comes out for Vista (possibly 2nd half 2007). By that time, SW08 should have a few SP's themselves and CPU/GPU prices should be down a bit. If you have to upgrade, I would stick with XP. Vista is pretty and will probably be pretty fast with 10x the RAM, but the performance just isn't there. Josh www.solidsmack.com
From: PotFlower on 2 Oct 2007 12:13 solidsmack wrote: > ... Vista is pretty and will probably be > pretty fast with 10x the RAM, but the performance just isn't there. I can tel from that that you don't really use it. Vista and 2008 are axually faster than xp ad 2007. It takes more ram but its a little faster. What is it witht all these know it alls who read something somewhere and then say it back, even when it wanst right to begin with. Daisy -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: pete on 2 Oct 2007 12:24
Pot, Neither did I read it in a magazine, I tried it, on a Dell M70 Laptop. The Dell driver did not work, even the Forceware drivers do not work well, but better than the dell. No mention of Solidworks 2007 Vista, in the original post, only Solidworks 2007. It pays to read the post that is being answered first, you know, paying attention! You seem to be spending too time, putting people down, rather than concentrating on giving advice. Hmm...reading your recent posts, you are beginning to sound like someone in San Diego, CA, it must be catching, lol Have a Nice day! :-P "PotFlower" <PotFlower(a)Daisy.org> wrote in message news:470248e7$0$26487$88260bb3(a)free.teranews.com... > pete wrote: >> Phil, >> >> What everyone seems to have missed is that yes solidworks will run under >> Vista 32 bit, BUT...... >> >> 1,You will be using software OpenGL = slow, even if you get a driver >> working, it is still not very good. > > Come on, you don't have amuch of a attention span, do yoy. > > ogl drivcers are available for a bunch of Nvideo cards. They don't have to > run in software ogl. How do I know? Because I'm using it That way. Dint > read it in a magazine. > > >> >> 2, You can NOT install service packs as Vista is not recognized by the >> Solidworks windows installer. >> >> Been there, tried it! > > I bet yor the kind that uses a wrench to knock in nails. This is only true > with the NON-VISTA versions. 2007 had a vista version beta, but I don't > think there were any sps. 2008 hasnt had any sps yet. > > Daisy > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > |