Solidworks 2008/Vista nVidia Drivers

Solidworks has announced the first batch of certified drivers for those using Windows Vista, and Solidworks 2008.  It has so far been a slow process getting certified drivers and card info out there.  At our last two user group meetings, I have had multiple people ask if there was any more information on graphics cards.  Let's hope the list continues to grow, and at the quickest pace possible.

"In conjunction with the release of SolidWorks 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista users can now download certified driver version 6.14.11.6250 (NVIDIA version 162.50) from our Hardware & Graphics Cards webpage (http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/videocardtesting.html). This driver is certified for use with SolidWorks 2008 for the following NVIDIA cards:

Quadro FX 350
Quadro FX 550
Quadro FX 560
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 1500
Quadro FX 3400
Quadro FX 3450
Quadro FX 3500
Quadro FX 4500
Quadro FX 4600
Quadro FX 5500
Quadro FX 5600

No certified Vista drivers are posted at this time for any ATI cards, laptop cards (vendors such as Dell, HP, etc.) or for SolidWorks 2007. More drivers will be made available for downloading as soon as they complete the SolidWorks certification process."

Comments

[Yousef A]

PLEASEE HELP!!

ive got an assignment due in a few weeks 4 uni and i really need solidworks 2 work but it doesnt.
i bought a new laptop it has vista and ati graphics card. why doesnt it work with my solidworks 2008 sp2.01??

[matt]

Mike,

Thanks for posting this. Lots of folks asking this question. Vista and SW08 seem to work well together. I'm using the 3450 card, and things look good, even with the new RealView. Check the link to my blog for more eval stuff.

Matt