Wildcat 800 videocard problems

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by ldjambazov, Nov 7, 2006.

  1. ldjambazov

    ldjambazov Guest

    Hi everyone,

    I am having a problem with my video card that started with SW 2006 64
    SP5.0. After working with a couple of assemblies the display freezes,
    but at the same time I have full control of the software. All the
    buttons are available, I can save and close, rotate, zoom in and out, I
    just don't see what I am doing. One way to display the view again is
    to split the display in two by moving the small vertical or horizontal
    scroll bars to the middle of the screen. One of the views updates
    while the other is still frozen. If I try to move the scroll bar back
    to display only the "healthy" view the software crashes.
    I am using the latest drivers for that video card with the latest
    updates from Microsoft for XP 64, so there is nothing I can update. As
    SW support suggested I turned off the hardware acceleration, which
    fixed the problem but SW became slow and cumbersome. I guess this is
    because of the software Open GL acceleration and not the hardware.

    I am experiencing the same problems when I use SW 2007 64 SP1.1.
    Somewhere between 2006 SP4.1 and SP 5.0 the interaction with the video
    card drivers changed, which was carried over in 2007 as well.

    Can anybody with Wildcat 800 tell me if they are having similar
    problems and if they have solved them? I am interested not only in 64
    bit systems but also in 32 bit as well.

    Thanks for your time.
     
    ldjambazov, Nov 7, 2006
    #1
  2. I know it's not what you want to hear, but you might want to consider
    getting another card. 3Dlabs has scaled way back on development of CAD
    related video products. This probably means the drivers will not be debugged
    in a timely manner.

    Mark
     
    Mark Mossberg, Nov 7, 2006
    #2
Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments (here). After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.