Graphics Cards

This is a list of recommended graphics cards. All of the cards in this list have been tested and approved by Delcam and its agents, and are known to function correctly. To visit the Website of any of the card manufacturers, follow the link in the 'Make' column. To visit the web page for a particular card, follow the link in the 'Model' column. Note that not all cards have their very own page!

DISCLAIMER: Delcam can accept no liability whatsoever for any problems which may exist, and these issues must be taken up with the card manufacturer.

Manufacturer Model Guide Price ($US)
Diamond FireGL2 32Mb AGP 950
Elsa Gloria III 64Mb (nVIDIA Quadro2 Pro) 500
Elsa Gloria II 64Mb (nVIDIA Quadro) 250
Elsa Gladiac 920 64Mb (nVIDIA geForce 3) 250
Elsa Gladiac 32Mb (nVIDIA geForce 2 GTS) 200
Elsa Synergy III 32Mb (nVIDIA Quadro2 MXR) 18 0

 

The following graphics cards are known to cause problems with PowerSHAPE and should not be used

Accel Eclipse
The Diamond Viper 550 card is known to cause problems

Laptops


There are no real problems with running PowerSHAPE or PowerMILL on a laptop, as long as you avoid a chipset which is known to cause problems, like the ACCEL. Stick to S3 or Matrox, and there should be no trouble. Bear in mind, though, that because there is no possibility of loading the machine with a really good graphics card (the graphics chips are built into the motherboard) the graphics performance will never be sparkling. As ever, the best advice is to get the fastest machine you can afford, with as much memory as possible. If you want to use the full version of the software, make sure you have the parallel port set up.

If in any doubt, try the machine first!

These machines have been tested and are known to work well.

HP OmniBook 4150 with NeoMagic 256AV graphics.
Dell Inspiron with ATI Rage Pro LT Video Chip