[b-kandor]

Hi, I'm trying studio 1.5.1write now on a quad core computer with a nvidia8800gts 640mb.

I'm running multiple monitors but studio is limited to one screen (a dell 30" @ 2560 x 1600).

Basically it's so slow it's unusable. The same system with a quadro FX1500 performs fine except for on screen selection as indicated in this thread.

Is there some way to enhance the performance with this type of video card?

Thanks,

Kandor

*edit: wireframe is faster - flat or toon or shaded is < 1 fps.

[Leonardo]

Hi Leonardo,

- Was it faster before? have you update drivers, installed other 3d
application...?
- What happens if you switch to other render modes (flat, toon, shaded...)? Does it run slow too?
- Do you have Studio installed in more than one computer? If so, are both running slow? could you give us the graphic specs?

Many thanks for the info,

Juan

Beatriz asked me if going from 2d to 3d helped... well it didn't made any difference.

- Was it faster before? have you update drivers, installed other 3d
application...?

That's is tricky question... but I'll try to answer.

Turning off one screen helped a lot... now I can work on my models, so yes there was a noticable improvement in speed, but I woudn't call it "fast" (see example)
http://www.tereschubert.com/art/extra/wtf.avi
BTW... that's not that bad, I have experience much worse!

I installed the lastest Nvidea drivers like a month ago, I'll do it again.

"- What happens if you switch to other render modes (flat, toon, shaded...)? Does it run slow too?"

not slower than usual (It acts just like the example shown above)

"- Do you have Studio installed in more than one computer? If so, are both running slow? could you give us the graphic specs?"

I'll try right now, on my other computer (I haven't done it yet)

[Leonardo]

I just tried in an old p4 with HT, win xp, and a radeom 9200 SE and it was about the same speed as shown in my clip.

Granted, I didn't check for the lastest drivers on that pc

leo

[rdo2000]

- The performance of some dual screen systems is bad, but it uses to be fixed just updating the drivers.

- The performance selecting in the viewport is slower with the latest cards. It is much slower with a nvidia 8800 gtx than with a two years old gforce 6600. We have debugged it in many different systems and all the problem is related to an opengl call that used to run natively in hardware but in the new generation of graphic cards (especially in nvidia cards, right now it seems that with ati this issue is not as big) it is emulated by software and takes ages. It is a pity that the latest hardware is letting opengl down a bit, it will force us to redesign this area, we are looking into the best way to do that.

Glad to know that the problem has been identified at least. I'm really having trouble finding a good SolidWorks workflow that doesn't involve studio, so I hope this gets resolved quickly. Studio is currently unusable for me due to the selection delay problem.

- rdo

[Tim Ellis]

Confirmation of GeForce 8800 GTX dual display, is slower in viewport selection, than a Quadro FX 1400 dual display.


Tim.

[Bubbaloo]

The Quadro's work great with the newest driver release. I have a 4500 and it finally works as it should.

[Tim Ellis]

The Quadro's work great with the newest driver release. I have a 4500 and it finally works as it should.

Can you state which newest release and driver number, please?

I have the latest, or so I thought, and have slow down issues still.

Cheers,

Tim.

[Leonardo]

UPDATE... I just wanted to let you guys know that 1.6.1Studio is super fast I believe it's faster than any previous version by a lot.

whatever bug I had before, was finally fix in the last update and now, I can work with dual screen too...

Thanks NL

[Bubbaloo]

Same here.
It works fast now.
Sorry, Tim I never replied to your post! I must have missed it.
Hope it's working for you too now.

[Tim Ellis]

Hi Bubaloo, yeah much faster, although I am launching MXST from the desktop shortcut, it will be displayed on.


Tim.