Re: Slow mouse reactions on SW 2006

Don't read this. It's too long, gets way off topic and has nothing
useful to add to this newsgroup.


I did not turn on "Software OpenGL" in SW.


You don't have to. Turning off the hardware acceleration in the driver
does the same thing. Basically disables the card. You'll notice it's
still slow, probably slower, possibly crashes less.


If SW followed the full OpenGL standard then all cards that are OpenGL
compatible should work with SW. Naturally a few should have bugs but the
problem should not be most are not fully compatible, but only a few are
fully. That is completely backwards thinking.

Backwards depends on which direction you're facing. Still, there's this
thing called reality. Reality says that there are some cards that work
with SW, and there are some that don't. You are going way beyond the
call of duty to defend tooth and nail something that has never, "since
the book of Leviticus" (thanks, SMA), worked with SolidWorks.

I am not the one that wrote on the SW site that the Radeon 9800 Pro works
but limited to 5 fully rendered windows.

You aren't? Well, neither am I. It's not all bad, we've got something
in common! When I go to the SW site and select CERTIFIED (RECOMMENDED),
say "show passing" cards, and pick ATI, I only see Fire GL cards (Fire
GL was formerly a Diamond product). No Radeons. The only place you can
see Radeons is if you select the button that says TESTED (NOT
RECOMMENDED). Radeons are yellow (warning) not green (good). I don't
know what it is about the NOT RECOMMENDED, yellow and the word
"limitations" parts that imply it's a good card for SW. But when you
say "works", I guess I'm seeing that you mean "barely works" or "works
under very limited conditions" kind of like the rest of the computer you
spec'ed, so I guess I have to concede the point and say you are right.
Aaarrrgh, defeat.


If I switch to a solid modeling program that really uses standards like
OpenGL I will snatch those Radeon's up in no time.

Best of luck to you. I have a coupon for Easy 3D from Staples. I'll
mail it to you. $40. It runs great with those Radeons and computers
which are essentially gutted except for a huge hard drive.

Not that Nvidia is bad,
but I have 7-8 year of good luck with ATI.

While I'd love to see why you think nVidia is inferior for writing
drivers that work with SolidWorks flawed interpretation of OpenGL, I
think it's safe to say your run of luck with ATI has ended, you just
aren't admitting it yet. You've got an almost religiously fanatical
devotion to ATI, which is the most interesting thing here. It's not
something you run into every day. I don't keep responding because I
think you're going to change your mind or admit you're wrong, its
actually more entertaining if you keep ranting against reality. I'm
just interested in the reactions of irrational fanatics, and learning
what makes them tick.

You at one point disparaged Diamond, saying, quote, "yuk", which I will
take to be your professional opinion. Diamond used to be a rival to
ATI. (Now if you go to http://www.diamondmultimedia.com/ the first
thing you see is ads for Truck Driver School which may become useful for
you). They had the Viper, ATI had the RagePro. Game cards all. You
also refer to engineers as 3rd person, not first person. So I'd guess
you're a gamer turned "IT genius" (thanks, Bob Z) because of your
passion for gaming. Of course the passion leads to highly polarized
opinions, and being an early 20 something leads to the inflated sense
that you're right without regard for pesky and bothersome things like
facts.

Anyway, really, I'm just baiting you to respond and say something
entertaining, because you seem like the type that might.

Best of luck,

Matt
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