William Powell, AIA Posted July 12, 2001 Share Posted July 12, 2001 I want to update my PC to improve video display and rendering - speed and quality. 1)Suggestions about the optimun type of new card that would work best with VW8(or 9)/Architect w/ RenderWorks for OpenGL, etc.? 2) Would more system RAM help also? 3) Also, if a project file (.mcd) gets bigger than 3mgs it starts slowing down (refresh rate, etc.) (I purge unused symbols and textures - that cuts a lot out) 4) I'd always heard that MiniCAD/VW didn't need as "big" a system to run as the competition - is that realily true??? I have a 3 yr. old (DELL) 400mhz Pentium II with 128mgs of 100mhz ECC RAM (which I could double). The only video card I could get with the system back then was a STB Velocity (Nvidia Riva 128). It is AGP-able but has only 4mgs of on-board RAM. Thanks! ------------------ BILL Quote Link to comment
jnr Posted July 27, 2001 Share Posted July 27, 2001 With ram at significantly lower prices, buy as much as you can fit in your machine. Video ram is relative to the size of the monitor. The bigger the monitor, the bigger the demand on the card. Also whereas if you are using the software as a 2-d drafting tool, you can limp along with the card you have. The more 3-D you do, the more demand on the video card, to a certain degree. Unlike other CAD programs this one does not take full advantage of advances in video card technology that have occured over the last few years. Unfortunately, NNA will not recommend a card (which is very irritating) they will only tell you if a card you have selected has had any problems. Quote Link to comment
William Powell, AIA Posted July 27, 2001 Author Share Posted July 27, 2001 quote: Originally posted by jnr: With ram at significantly lower prices, buy as much as you can fit in your machine. Video ram is relative to the size of the monitor. Thanks for your responce. Do you mean system ram, in the first sentence? I may double what I have, but I thought getting a video card with more dedicated ram for video would make the most improvment in 3D, open-gl and rendering. I bought a 32Mb ATI card and unfortunatly it hasn't made much difference yet - I'll ask ATI about that. Quote Link to comment
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