Graphics Cards

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Fri, Apr 13 2007, 9:20PM

I see everyone is talking about graphics cards.
This is what I am running now should I up a grade my graphics card.
Would it help me

It is 2 years old now desk top

Al Navas · Post by **Al Navas** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 7:12AM

I am sure that others, with much more experience than I have with eCabinets, will also comment.

I have recently gone through the search, comparisons of different machines with many different features, and finally purchase of a laptop that will run eCabinets much better than my almost-five-year-old laptop with integrated graphics. It should arrive this coming Monday.

So, with this as background, I offer the following comments - please take them with a grain of salt:

1. You could use a LOT more graphics memory - either 128 or 256MB on board.

2. In addition, you could also use a LOT more main memory - maybe 2 GB, to make yours a better experience with eCabinets. I have read several posts in which the user is doing OK with only 1GB RAM, though, so this could be a moot point.

I look forward to the replies from others, and will be following this thread. Good luck!

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Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 7:20AM

George Davidson,

Al's correct in the need for more memory in both the mother board and chipset.

However, I must admit I am shocked by the images you have been able to produce with that computer. You have been doing great work. Does your computer seem to crawl at times with larger files?

If not I wouldn't go all out to fund a new computer if that one is working fine.

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 8:31AM

Thank You Al and Michael
Michael it has never crawl I keep looking for it to slow dwon
How I keep it running fast is I give it 2 cups of coffee every morning
I would like to try this (Graphics memory - either 128 or 256MB on board)
And (more main memory - maybe 2 GB)
Ever time I ask Best Buys how can I up grade my computer they say it's
OK :?:There are just some of my programs I am running on the
computer right now.The only thing I know how to do is dust it off.
It is like my car when I wash it it runs faster

Thank You for the help

Post by **Dean Fehribach** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 2:42PM

I would like to comment that using the amount of memory as a benchmark is flawed. A few years ago, faster graphics cards generally had more memory; today, this isn't true.

I can speak from test results that a 128MB nVidia Quadro FX 550 graphics card will run circles around a 256MB ATI Radeon 9800 XT, even tho the Radeon has more memory.

On Windows XP, you can't beat the Quadro FX 540/550/560 graphics cards on the price/performance scale.

It should be noted, that the bigger your monitor and the higher the resolution you use, you will need more memory in that situation.

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 6:42PM

My monitor is a 19\"I am not sure if that is big today or not

Rick Palechuk · Post by **Rick Palechuk** » Sat, Apr 14 2007, 10:24PM

Thank you Dean for the tidbit on cards. Please feel free to share more info with us. Workarounds, hardware, whatever.

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 12:23PM

Morning

I was talking to 2 people last night that keep the computers running
at our airport.
One said the BFG GeForce 6200 OC 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card $156.99-Best Buy
and the other said BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card $499.99-Best buy
I for got last year I put more ram in I am up to 1.00GB and they said I should add more Ram.
Could you tell me which card and how much more Ram
or the right card for e-Cabinet and my Cad programs
Thank You (Right now I am lost)Iwould like to upgrade this week

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 4:39PM

Dean Fehribach wrote:...On Windows XP, you can't beat the Quadro FX 540/550/560 graphics cards on the price/performance scale...

The folks at the airport aren't using OpenGL 3D graphics so there choices aren't in the same realm.

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 5:03PM

That is turn Dan
You mean they don't put the plane in 3D when it is coming in

I think am going to try one of the Quadro FX 540/550/560 graphics cards

DanEpps · Post by **DanEpps** » Sun, Apr 15 2007, 5:34PM

George Davidson wrote:That is turn Dan
You mean they don't put the plane in 3D when it is coming in
I think am going to try one of the Quadro FX 540/550/560 graphics cards

I've been on a few that the pilots seemed to want to rotate on a 3D axis

George L Vought · Post by **George L Vought** » Tue, Apr 17 2007, 7:00PM

I'm running a (ATI) Radeon 9200 series, 128MB. When I first installed eCabinets it ran fine, now I'm having all kinds of problems. I uninstallled it and reinstalled it several times, (each time having to download that 26MB update PAIN IN THE ....

) I even did a system recovery to see if that would fix the problem. All my other programs seem to run at their normal speed, eCabinets is slower than a dog. I've deleted all of my old job files but it still shows them on the list under \"file\". Did I do it wrong??
I just opend a new job and I only have 4 cabinets, a stove, dishwasher and fridge, and it's taking forever to load them.
Any suggestions??????

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Tue, Apr 17 2007, 9:24PM

Just wanted to chime in here and reiterate something about graphics cards that has been mentioned in the past: Update your drivers. Visit your manufacturer's website and check for the latest releases and comb through any info you can find. You may find that settings for a similar software program help speed up eCabs.

I should mention that an updated driver won't ALWAYS mean better performance with a specific piece of software, so make certain that you can revert to what you currently have before you update, just in case.

Mike

George Davidson · Post by **George Davidson** » Wed, Apr 18 2007, 7:26PM

Help on buying a graphics card
Quadro FX 540/550/560 graphics cards
The only one I can find in stores Quadro FX 5200 graphics cards
The stores tell me over the phone that this is the only one they have.
I called 4 big computer stores the Quadro FX 5200 graphics cards runs from $57.00 to 103.00
and there is 2- Quadro FX 5200 graphics cards

Mike Seisser · Post by **Mike Seisser** » Thu, Apr 19 2007, 8:23AM

George,

Have you tried an online supplier? I'm a big fan of TigerDirect.com

Mike

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