Video card D3D compatibility - Revit 2010 on Vista / Win7

[heath.simone]

We've submitted SR on the Radeon 4670, which is having the problem in both of the computers that have them. For those shopping for hardware, I've seen the Radeon 4650 work perfectly, so it's all very strange.

Summary:

• Good: Radeon HD 4650 on Vista32
• Bad: Radeon HD 4670 on Vista32, Win7 64

Everything else I've got is on XP for now...

Wes,

In the company we have the desktop version of the Radeon HD 4670 running on Vista 32bit and Vista 64bit with no problems. We also have the FX1700, FX1500, FX3700 in the same environment running with no problems.

I'm not sure if you where refering to the mobility version or the desktop version of the 4670. I haven't tested the desktop 4670 on Windows 7 32/64bit as i'm yet to build those up as test machines yet.

Heath

[bholmes]

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 on Vista 64bit

Don't want to jinx it but yet to have a crash since the subscription install of 2010. We have six machines with this card and the only one with any issues is the only machine running windows 7. It crashes around once every two weeks.

Just wanted to add the driver version I'm using, as it has made a huge difference.

7.15.11.7813

Had issues with all of the recent drivers, model flashing etc...so I started trying older drivers. When I installed the 7.15.11.7813 driver it was like I was using a different machine. I can zoom and rotate a 120Mb hotel like it's in sketch-up.

Night and day

[KGC]

Good:
Windows 7 x64
Revit 2010
GTX 260 Core 216

[Wes Macaulay]

Folks -- just to confirm that things are indeed working for you with D3D:

• in a 3D view, zoom in fairly close to the model
• select an object and orbit. If no objects disappear while you're orbiting, you're good.

The problem we're usually seeing is that objects "flash" on and off when you're zoomed in close to the model and orbiting with D3D enabled. If you're trying to add wall sweeps, and the wall has disappeared, this can be rather frustrating

[KGC]

I used a 170mb Residence Hall to test the card.

Opened 6 or so views and tabbed between them zooming in and out as i went through, as well as making new sections views. Made a 3D view and turned on section box. Cut through the building and orbited around a floor with no issues, as well as zooming into the floor area.

[sbrown]

NVidia Quadro FX 550
Driver 8.16.11.9100

Having many crashes, so I've disabled the Direct X. Note. I'm running dual monitors of 2 diff. sizes. When I was running dual monitors of the same size I wasn't crashing.

[iankids]

One computer runs Duo Core Chip Set with 4 gb ram

ATI Radeon X1650
Driver 8.01.01.882
Vista 64 bit

Tested 3d Shaded view with shadows on

No problems at all (no loss of elements, Ribbon Stable, Shadows normal) whilst rotating model with HWA on.

Will Check second box and report later.

Ian

[david.kingham]

Good:
ATI FireGL v7600
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800

Bad:
FireGL v3400

The OS doesn't seem to matter all that much, we have a mix of all 3. We had previously standardized on the v3400 but now it doesn't work well in 2010 so we're switching out to the quadro fx 1800 this year

[etornberg]

Win 7 64 Bit
Core I7 860 @ 2.8 GHz
RAC 2010
Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 - no problems whatsoever - and no cooling fan to go bad.
Driver version 191.07

For what's it's worth, I took Wes's recommendations seriously to put the money into the processor and not worry about the video card - it has paid off so far...

Thanks Wes.

[jrostar]

Win Vista x64
Core 2 Duo @ 3.0 GHz
RAC 2010 x64
Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT
Driver 186.18

Flickering & Objects missing when orbiting in 3D view...

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Win7 x64
Core 2 Quad @ 2.66 GHz
RAC 2010 x64
Nvidia Geforce 7950 GT
Driver 195.62

Flickering & Objects missing when orbiting in 3D view...