I have tried running my Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis Pro with SoftFireGL several times now... It loads everything fine, but I have no hardware openGL Anyone know why this is? TIA
Install AGP drivers for your motherboard first depending on chipset, then apply the softfiregl drivers. The problem with hardware openGL should be fixed with that too. regards
Your idea worked perfectly thanks but this $350 card still runs autodesk inventor 7 slower than my GF4 TI4200... Is there a reason behind this? Is NVIDIA better when it comes to their gaming level cards working well for modeling? And if so, should I buy a GF FX 5900 Ultra 256 or something along those lines?
I run Inventor myself and I had the better experience with nvidia cards and MCAD applications. Somehow I think ATI+Inventor=trouble, that´s what I experienced in my work with Inventor until IV 5.0 regards
Currently using Inventor 6 with ATI 9700pro. using Cat drivers only. nVidia cards are indeed better with CAD. No problem at all. Dun get a 5600, not much improvement unless u want to enable AA.
Do you mean a 5900? The speeds of the 9700 Pro Atlantis are hosrrible in Inventor 7. My highschool's Oxygen VX1's do a better job =\ I need a card that has a balance of 3d modeling and gaming. My old GF4 TI4200 64MB was a great exaple, but it just isn't fast enough anymore
