Quadro4 750 XGL card can't get RealView graphics to work

I just purchased a Quadro4 750 XGL card and have not been able to get
any performance improvements from my previous GeForce2 MX 400 card. I
am using Solidworks 2004, and have a Pentium III running at 933 MHz
with 512MB RAM. Granted, this computer is not the fastest thing in the
world but I had expected a significant improvement in Solidworks
rendering speeds with the new card. I have seen absolutely no
improvement whatsoever.

I also noticed that I still can not enable "Realview Graphics" under
View -> Display -> Realview Graphics. It is still grayed out. Is there
a reason for this?

I checked the drivers at
http://www.nvidia.com/object/certified_winxp, noted that version 53.03
is certified by Solidworks, and downloaded and installed that version
of the "Forceware". I also have the "Solidworks" selection ticked
under the OpenGL "Application Settings" option under Nvidia Settings.

Is there something else I have to do, or other suggestions people
have for getting this card to work? I'm very frustrated at this point!

Thanks,

- Dylan

 

did you do a custom install and omit realview (about 480mb disk space)? you
can do a quick check thru control panel, add/remove software. select sw,
then change to verify that realview was installed.

 

Dylan,

Are you sure realview is even installed ? It's possible that SW install
senses whether or not the card and driver are Realview capable and doesn't
install it. I don't know for sure, all of my SW2004 systems have realview
cards.

If it did install, there should be a huge 425mb folder called "shaders"
under the SW2004 install directory.

Your 750XGL is a 4X AGP card. Your P3 mother board is probably 2X. This
means the 750 runs at 2X. I replaced my GVX1 Pro with a 750XGL (home
computer, Dual 1ghz PIII AGP 2X) and noticed at least a 3X increase in
graphics speed. I installed SW2004 "after" I had the card and drivers
installed. Realview works pretty good. I'm using driver 6.14.01.4351 (43.51)

Regards

Mark

 

Yup, it's installed (checked through Control Panel -> Add/Remove ->
Solidworks 2004 SP0)... it's there on the menu selection, just grayed
out.

I have a much smaller "shaders" directory than that; it only takes up
about 9MB total space. ??

Aye. I was really hoping that the AGP 2X would not be a huge
bottleneck, but perhaps it is... the lack of being able to use
Realview though suggests to me an installation problem. Does anyone
know if you have to reinstall Solidworks when changing video cards to
get some functions to work? I'd prefer not to attempt if I don't need
to.

- Dylan

 

Dylan,

If your shader directory is only 9mb, realview didn't install correctly (or
completely)

I would do a complete uninstall-reinstall of SW. Now that the card is there
it may work right.

regards

Mark

 

Following up on this;

I have now tried reinstalling Solidworks 2004 after installing the
new video card, and doing a fresh install. I select the option to
install RealView graphics, but I still do not get a large "shaders"
directory and I still do not have the option of using Realview within
Solidworks 2004.

I wonder if there are minimum hardware requirements for this? I have
a PIII 933 MHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows XP, and the aforementioned Quadro4
750 XGL card. I wonder if I require AGP 4X or AGP 8X on my
motherboard? I know I only have an AGP 2X motherboard... anyone know
for sure? Has anyone got the same Nvidia card working on a motherboard
with AGP 2X only?

- Dylan

 

Is your video card being detected as a 750XGL ?