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What type of video card does SoftPlan require?

To fully exploit all of SoftPlan's enhanced SoftView modes (for example, sketched and illustrated modes) a video card capable of supporting a minimum of Open GL 2.0, DirectX version 9.0 and a minimum Shader Model Support Version 3.0.  The more memory on the video card the better.  The higher the number of pixel shaders, vertex shaders, or stream processors, depending on the card, the better the performance will be. Note the video card does not affect the performance of Rendering mode in SoftView but rather wire frame, visible line, shaded, sketched, illustrated and textured modes.
The following cards (chips) will NOT allow all of SoftView's features to be used (please note this is not a complete list):

Intel(R) 910GL, 945G, 945GM, 946GZ, Q943, Q965, G31, G33, Q35   
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400, Geforce 4 MX 4000

The following cards (chips) will allow all of SoftView's features to be used (please note this is not a complete list):

Nvidia GeForce 260 GTX, 5600, 6200, 6600, 6800, 7900 GA, 7900 GS, 7950 GT, 8400
MG, 8600 GT, 8800 GT, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP ATI Radeon X1300, X1550, HD2600 XT, ATI Raydeon 9250, ATI FIRE GL V3600.

It is advised that you keep the video drivers current; check the manufacturers site.

To keep your DirectX driver complete click here.

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