Hey all,
I needed to be able to use two monitors for what I do I work. So I asked my head IT person to hook me up. A little while later he came back, took out my GeForce2 and replaced it with a VP760. Now everything looks like he just replaced my computer with a 386. 2D performance is just messed up. Now, I am exaduarting a bit with the 386 quip. But if I toggle between two windows that are mostly full screen (1600x1200) the window refresh is noticible. It takes about an 1/8th second with word or excell and so and up to a second when its a webpage. To make things worse, in the program that I use Design View by Mentor Graphics, when I scroll around a schematic, it chunks along at a frame a second. Its driving me bonkers.
I have downloaded the latest drivers and scrolled through all of the optimizing settings, but I can't seem to make any headway. The drivers do have some "optimized" settings for a number of different types of workstation programs (i.e. solidworks, MAYA, microstation, SOFTIMAGE, and a number of CAD programs) but nothing for the CAD that I use. So I am really sitting here baffled that a modern, $300 card can stink so bad at 2D rendering. Especially when the GF2 hummed along so well.
So, my video expert friends, I ask for a three bits of advice. First, are there any good comparisons that include this card with more mainstream chipsets like from nVidia and ATI? Second, does the "optimized" settings that the Wildcat provides actually produce a real world benefit over the nVidia's and the ATI's. Third, do the ATI and nVidia cards with the DVI and VGA outputs actually provide dual monitor support?
Thank you all in advance!
~ your befuddled friend Jason
I needed to be able to use two monitors for what I do I work. So I asked my head IT person to hook me up. A little while later he came back, took out my GeForce2 and replaced it with a VP760. Now everything looks like he just replaced my computer with a 386. 2D performance is just messed up. Now, I am exaduarting a bit with the 386 quip. But if I toggle between two windows that are mostly full screen (1600x1200) the window refresh is noticible. It takes about an 1/8th second with word or excell and so and up to a second when its a webpage. To make things worse, in the program that I use Design View by Mentor Graphics, when I scroll around a schematic, it chunks along at a frame a second. Its driving me bonkers.
I have downloaded the latest drivers and scrolled through all of the optimizing settings, but I can't seem to make any headway. The drivers do have some "optimized" settings for a number of different types of workstation programs (i.e. solidworks, MAYA, microstation, SOFTIMAGE, and a number of CAD programs) but nothing for the CAD that I use. So I am really sitting here baffled that a modern, $300 card can stink so bad at 2D rendering. Especially when the GF2 hummed along so well.
So, my video expert friends, I ask for a three bits of advice. First, are there any good comparisons that include this card with more mainstream chipsets like from nVidia and ATI? Second, does the "optimized" settings that the Wildcat provides actually produce a real world benefit over the nVidia's and the ATI's. Third, do the ATI and nVidia cards with the DVI and VGA outputs actually provide dual monitor support?
Thank you all in advance!
~ your befuddled friend Jason
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