From our mental note earlier we can identify which driver SOLIDWORKS recommended, but it is likely that we will see multiple match that number. Here, there will be a long list of drivers. As mentioned earlier, SOLIDWORKS used to provide the download, and the list of drivers for each graphics card was short. Here is where this can get a little confusing. For Recommend/Beta, choose Recommend/Certified and click search. In the bottom left-hand corner, click System Information, and from there you can see which driver type is listed. To do this, right-click on your desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. If you are not sure which one applies to your graphics card, you can find out by going to the NVIDIA Control Panel. For the drop-down windows Driver Type, we have two options: standard and DCH. In some cases, but not always, the correct make and model will be present in the pull-downs. Once we click the link, it will redirect us to the NVIDIA website, where we will have to fill out this information again. However now, in most cases, it will direct you to the manufacture's website, where you will have to fill out this information again, and here lies the major difference between the previous method and the reason for this document.īefore clicking the link, take a mental note of the driver version listed here. In the previous layout, you would click the driver number and it would automatically begin downloading that driver.

It is worth to note the certified cards listed here are NVIDIA Quadro and Radeon Pro.īelow the pull-downs is a list of available certified drivers. If you are unsure about your specific hardware, remember this information is located at the top of the Diagnostics page in SOLIDWORKS Rx.Įnter your information on the website, and if you cannot find your information listed there, leave it as the default option.

We still have pulldowns for SOLIDWORKS Version, System Vendor, System Model, and Graphics Card. If you are familiar with this site, you will notice that all of the information is there but with an updated look.

Below this information is a link (2.) to a website where we will download the SOLIDWORKS certified driver. At the top, it will give you your System Manufacturer, System Model, Card Manufacture, and Card Model, as well as some other diagnostics results. Once SOLIDWORKS Rx is open, we will choose the Diagnostics tab(1.). Another option is to click the Home tab on the SOLIDWORKS task pane and open it under SOLIDWORKS tools. This is found in the Windows Start menu under the SOLIDWORKS Tools folder. This guide will be a brief overview of what to expect when searching for a certified graphics card driver.įirst, we will want to open SOLIDWORKS Rx.

Recently, SOLIDWORKSmade a change to the layout of their video testing site.

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