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Anticipating the release of SW2007, we upgraded my computer here at work since it was running Windows 2000. At the same time we decided to upgrade to SW Office Premium and add COSMOS. For this we decided to go

64Bit and buy a dual core processor. So here is what we ended up getting:

Intel Pentium D 3.2ghz

4 gigs of ram nVidia Quadro FX540 200 GB Hard Drive Dual Layer DVD Bruner Windows XP Pro 64 Bit Dual 19" LCD running dual view set at 1280 x 1024 32-bit color (higest available) SW suggested Graphics Card Driver (passed all tests for 2006)

So after hunting down the correct 64bit drivers for everything, and then discovering my serial port spaceball wont work with 64bit, we got it up and running. On my old machine I used to have a slight graphics problem where when I would click a menu on one of the drop down menus (e.g.= file > save), a ghost image of that would remain on the screen untill I clicked a different button, or zoomed out.

Well now on the new machine, the same ghost image appears, but now it doesnt go away unless I change one of the setting like resolution in the screen settings. It stays on the screen no matter what application is running.

See the attached image, does anyone have any ideas?

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SoCalMike
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Mike,

Simple,,,,immature drivers and immature program.

I takes Nvidia a while to get stuff right. They've had what,,,close to a hundred drivers in the past 8-10 years.

Mark

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MM

One thing you may want to do is get rid of all the Window XP eye candy.

Right click on My Computer and go to Properties, go to the Advanced tab and click on Settings for Performance, under Visual Effects click the radio button Adjust For Best Performance.

Regards,

Anna Wood

SoCalMike wrote:

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Anna Wood

Thanks for the helpful reply, but it still didnt solve the problem. Im looking more for someone that has encountered this problem, and was able to solve it.

MM wrote:

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SoCalMike

Is there a newer graphics driver than the one you are using? I am running xp64 at home and I ran into some graphics issues - not exactly like what you are having, but close. Each time a new graphics driver comes out, I grab it and my issues are less than before. It's never perfect, but gradually getting better.

I am using a geforce card, though. I can't afford the good stuff. :~)>

arlan

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Arlan.Murphy

Mike,

Have you tried running with just one monitor hooked up? Be interesting to see how the graphics work with only one monitor.

I am running with a pretty similar system as you.

SW06 SP4.1 x64, WinXP x64 Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450

I have the higher end video card and only run a single Dell 20" LCD monitor. Not sure what the driver is on the system. (it is at work and I am at home today). I do not see any problems with graphics while in SolidWorks.

Regards,

Anna Wood

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Anna Wood

are you running 81.67 or 84.26? according to the release notes these 2 are first for dual core so maybe a bug... also in which mode do you have the 2 monitors? dual or span? possibly if you change to the other the bug is not present? how about if you change the physical order of the LCD does the ghost follow the screen? if so may be there is a problem with that...or the cable has a bent pin or such?... finally maybe the card has a memory problem? tried swapping it for another?for the driver you have no unusual setting in the control panel like disabled backbuffer or something?or a refresh rate not compatible with the LCD? HTH

Reply to
neil

I was able to solve it by using the 6.14.10.7756 driver direct from the Solidworks site. The driver was giving me issues when I had tried it before, but I will say that its very important to completely uninstall all video drivers before installing a new one.

Anyways, thats fixed, now just have to figure out why when I try to open a drawing, SW crashes on me! Might have to do a reinstall. Guess this is the last time I let an IT guy set up my computer!

Reply to
SoCalMike

possibly cos SW is using dual core for opening the dwg and you have a too old driver with 77.56?

Reply to
neil

That would make sense, but this is the driver recomended from SW on the site.

Reply to
SoCalMike

true but there is no mention of dual core - only 64 bit suitability... I keep asking SW for details of this but to no avail. I am not sure I would go so far as a reinstall before trying 81.26 which I see are officially tested.... any way it is just a hunch/suggestion you best do as you see fit :o)

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neil

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