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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Rkjohn on November 17, 2007, 10:39:07 PM
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My computer seems to be on the outs. I want a video card for Cad/Cam. Anyone have a suggestion as to the best one?
Thanks
Ron
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Hey Ron,
I personally will only use the Nvidia Quadro's and they are made for CAD/CAM work.http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html.
I have bought many video cards with large ram but always the Quadro's run much better. I have an Nvidia Quadro FX1100 at 128mb of ram that will out perform an ATI at 512mb ram. The Quadro's are not cheap thou, but they can save hours of rendering time. If you’re interested check eBay they will be a third of the price. If it's out of your price range and your computer is equipped with it go for a PCI-E X16 card...otherwise the cheapest would to find a Gforce with 256mb memory to handle your CAD/CAM packages.
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Thanks for the info. Found lots on ebay. How about this one for $290.00.... NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3450 FX3450 256MB PCI-E VIDEO CARD
Thanks
Ron
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Great deal and an amazing card...I think those should be going for around $599.99 is the cheapest I could find retail? Nice :)
Don't forget to download from Nvidia the updated "ForceWare"... It will have preset setting for most programs and drivers to meet top performance, for example Catia,Mastercam...3d max,Maya...Photoshop and such...
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zealous
don't want to highjack rkjohn thread. i use nvidia too.nice card.
my question is,i am thinking about putting together a new computer.was thinking about doing amd64 with amd 690g chipset and winxp for 64bit.
do you think this should be ok for mach3.
thanks bill
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So am I. I have a Pentium 4 with 1.5 gig ram but it runs slow. Took it to a computer store & he couldn't figure out why it runs so slow. Thought i would get a new processor & mother board to fit my case. Any suggestions on which one to buy? I dond like AMD for some reason.
Ron
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rkjohn
if mach3 will run on a full 64 bit system,i will wan't to build the new system.but if i have to stay with 32 bit i won't.i have been reading the forum for about a year now
and i don't remember seeing anything about full 64 bit compatability.havn't looked at vista and quantom .
my amd 1.4 with the amd 760 chipset is strong. so if i build again it will be another matched chipset.
bill
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I'm building a new computer. Any suggestions how to configure it?
Do I need this much?
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2GB DDR2 667MHz
500 GB 7200RPM 16MB cache
Nvidia Quadro FX3400 FX 3400 PCIE PCI-E 256MB Dual DVI
To much?
Ron
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Hi,
on the strength of thie topic I just picked up a quadro 4 980gxl from
ebay £17 and its the best card Ive used I would have to agree there good!
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Here are 2 photos of the same gcode. Desktop is from my desktop computer, Laptop is from my laptop.
Would you say my desktop needs a better video card or is something else wrong.
Sometimes the desktop will get it right but most of the time it wont.
My desktop card is a Radeon X1300 W/ 512 MB.
Im thinking I need a new computer & card.
Thanks for the help
Ron
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I'll be out for a while, but if you will post your gcode file as an attachment maybe someone can load it and compare.
Brett
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Hi, Ron
Theres a way in Lathe to Fix this sort of Arc problem, Looking in Mill now, Haven't found it yet though.
Thanks, Chip
Your file loads fine hear for me, It's a I,J issue in Arc's, What Post processor are you using.
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Here is the gcode.
Thanks
Ron
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Go to the Config menu then General Config and change the IJ Mode to Inc, that should cure your problem.
Hood
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Hi, Hood
It was right in my face D---u-h---!!
What's the G-code for setting "Jog mode" for "Cont", "Step" Mode while your at it, More------Brain------------- Fade
Thanks Chip
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That worked. How about "Motion Mode" should that also be "Inc"?
Thanks alot. Ive had this problem for weeks & I was going crazy.
Ron
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Last post should be "Distance Mode"
Ron
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I think it will depend on your code but I would think Distance mode would be Absolute.
Hood
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Thank you guys very much.
I cant tell you how this drives a person crazy.
Dont know how it got checked Absolute. I loaded Mach3 on the laptop & it was checked Inc.
Thanks again
Ron
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Hey,
Was gone for ThanksGiving weekend, just got a new computer after 5 years...my P4 3.0 kicked the bucket
I found it on ebay:
-Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core (4 processors!!! :o)
-Asus Striker Extreme LGA 775 SLI ATX Motherboard
-EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card (Swich this out for a Nvidia Quadro 1400 PCI-E 16X)
-Two 750GB (1.5TB) SATA II Hard Drives (Raid 0)
-4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM
-Dual 20X DVD Burner
I can OverClock @ 3.744 GHZ for each of the cores at a 3663 FSB :O...my feet are getting alittle warm thou :)
(Haven't OC it thou)
...like running a Core 2 Due @ 14.976 GHZ
I would not suggest the Asus Striker motherboard...unless you have alot of time to set things up on it..without breaking it.
Great for 3d modeling CAD/CAM work, but since everything is so new alot of Driver and software updates every month.
I would suggest running this computer in 64bit to take advantage of the 4gb ram...
I'm using a AMD64 3800 with 1gb RAM and Nvida Quadro 1400 PCI-e 16X to run Mach on my machine.