Comments on: SpeedPak your parts

By: John Walker

John Walker — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:29:27 +0000

You can bios flash your 8800GT into a Quadro 3700.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t134631.html

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:13:13 +0000

Not all computers are compatible with the certified cards. I work on a Mac Pro, using Vista 64 bit, and I can’t get a certified card. Before you say anything about my mac, ask yourself if your PC has *8* cores and *10* gigs of RAM. Too bad, SpeedPak seems great. and, no, I can’t soft-mod my Geforce 8800 GT into a Quadro, ugh.

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:27:28 +0000

Hi Jeff,
a Quadro FX570 and a GeForce 8 series have the same GPU (G84), only that the FX570 costs 300 Euro and the GeForce 8600 costs 50 euros.
There is only a difference in the BIOS, and little else that does not justify this difference.
And then, the FX 570 is fine for small assemblies.
I see manipulate large assemblies with a GeForce with Inventor.
You know what’s missing at SolidWorks Corp. to invest in Direct3D?
Money.
Money for the development of the software are dedicated to insert PhotoView 360, Sage and attractive things, but of little use to the designers (in terms of performance, resolution of bugs, stability, completeness command) … See all Xpress tools(CosmosXpress, DMFXpress, FlowXpress, etc..) do you use this Xpress tools ?
Mmmmmm….
See you.

By: Jeff Sweeney

Jeff Sweeney — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:37:00 +0000

I don’t see a reason to do anything without a certified graphics card. A good quality graphics card is a good investment. If SolidWorks can offload some of the work to the graphics card, that means less work for your CPU, which means better performance.

I have no idea why SolidWorks needs more expensive cards than IV…but again I don’t mind putting money into a card because of the performance gains.

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:27:31 +0000

Hi Jeff,
I like SpeedPak, but works only with certified graphics card.
Why Inventor uses Direct3D with cheap graphic cards when SolidWorks need to buy expensive graphic cards ?

By: Jeff Sweeney

Jeff Sweeney — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:48:03 +0000

Billy Bob?! Is that you? I have four cousins with that name!

Oh yes, DWG export would be a swell enhancement too. I’m turning that request in now!

By: billy bob

billy bob — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:50:21 +0000

thats fine if you don’t need DWG export support. (its not compatible) some of us still need deliverables in this