A brief update on the latest....
My son installed the FireGL in his computer. There is no way I was going to jepardize the (relative) stability by introducing new hardware crucial to its operation -- unlike, say adding an external DVD burner.
My parania was justified. Although the board and its software installed with little effort, there is an annoying problem: Any time he scrolls Internet Explorer, Windows crashes the computer. He's updated the drivers, but no difference. (Fortunately, his primary computer is a notebook, so the death imposed by the IE-incompatbility is not a severe problem.)
Update
Before contacting tech support, he decided to try to change the board's setting from "Default" to "AutoCAD" that that solved the crashing IE problem. Curious.
Do the crashes happen with Firefox? I thought most computer-savvy people had already switched over.
I'd really like to see some comparisons of video cards (pro-level vs. consumer) for CAD use. There's a definite price premium paid for the professional cards, and I want to know if the extra $300-$400 makes any appreciable difference.
Posted by: Paul Bowers | Apr 15, 2006 at 10:59 AM