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By: Ricky Jordan

Ricky Jordan — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:04:09 +0000

You have some good points. At the time of this blog post, much of the information about Vista’s performance was not yet out. I’m not totally sure of the true numbers yet, but almost everything I have read says it is a resource hog!

I am curious if CAD users will be able to turn off some of the fancy graphics in an effort to increase performance.

I guess only time will tell. I know at this point, I’m certainly not ready to use it for everyday work.

Thanks for posting the links.

Best Regards,

Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com

By: Ricky Jordan

Ricky Jordan — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:04:09 +0000

You have some good points. At the time of this blog post, much of the information about Vista's performance was not yet out. I'm not totally sure of the true numbers yet, but almost everything I have read says it is a resource hog!

I am curious if CAD users will be able to turn off some of the fancy graphics in an effort to increase performance.

I guess only time will tell. I know at this point, I'm certainly not ready to use it for everyday work.

Thanks for posting the links.

Best Regards,

Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com

By: Ballenger Motorsports

Ballenger Motorsports — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:49:08 +0000

The solidworks developers know that Vista is a serious performance degradation: "Graphics performance in SolidWorks may be noticeably slower under Vista. Hardware accelerated OpenGL drivers are not yet available from major graphics card vendors such as NVIDIA and ATI. The SolidWorks beta implementation supports software-mode OpenGL drivers supplied through the Microsoft Vista install. " http://files.solidworks.com/supportfiles/Release_Notes_VISTA/2007/English/relnotes.htm This is a HUGE Vista flaw that will ensure that all current and past CAD programs will function abysmally under Vista. OpenGL drivers may resolve this problem and hopefully will not be required to go through the Direct3d layer. Another good reference is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/page7.html A roughly 80% degradation in professional CAD software under Vista. Brilliant.

By: Ballenger Motorsports

Ballenger Motorsports — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:49:08 +0000

The solidworks developers know that Vista is a serious performance degradation:

"Graphics performance in SolidWorks may be noticeably slower under Vista.

Hardware accelerated OpenGL drivers are not yet available from major graphics card vendors such as NVIDIA and ATI. The SolidWorks beta implementation supports software-mode OpenGL drivers supplied through the Microsoft Vista install. "

http://files.solidworks.com/supportfiles/Release_Notes_VISTA/2007/English/relnotes.htm

This is a HUGE Vista flaw that will ensure that all current and past CAD programs will function abysmally under Vista. OpenGL drivers may resolve this problem and hopefully will not be required to go through the Direct3d layer.

Another good reference is here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/page7.html

A roughly 80% degradation in professional CAD software under Vista. Brilliant.