Graphics cards

[Anonymous]

Can any tell if autocad inventor will run with a Radeon HD 4250 Graphics  Card.

[blair]

Here is the Windows Hardware Requirments for Inventor:

For Windows Users

For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts)

• Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise, or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2) (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (1,2)
• Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™, or later (3)
• 2 GB RAM or more (4)
• Microsoft® Direct3D 10® or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card (5)
• DVD-ROM drive (6)
• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
• 1280 x 1024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe Flash Player 10 (7)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8
• Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)

• Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
• AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor
• 6 GB RAM or more
• CAD workstation-class graphics card

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Graphics Driver Support
Since most customers are moving to Microsoft Direct3D supported workstations and operating systems, we are no longer actively searching for, certifying and posting the latest graphics drivers for 3D workstation graphics accelerator cards. We perform certifications and update our databases on an as-requested basis. Updated, WHQL certified Direct3D drivers will not be automatically posted here, only those drivers actually tested for Inventor by Autodesk will be posted. OpenGL drivers certified for Inventor by Autodesk will also be posted here.

Inventor LT users should use Inventor 2008 and later graphics card database, drivers and configuration information.

Direct3D Support
Inventor 2011 includes a new graphics pipeline which is graphics shader program based. Not all WHQL certified Direct3D graphics drivers are completely trouble free in this environment. If you encounter problems in Inventor 2011, switching to the Compatibility choice, which uses the legacy Inventor graphics pipeline, should work fine with Microsoft WHQL certified Direct3D graphics drivers. Also, Windows 7 is a supported platform in Inventor 2011.

Inventor 2009 added support for DirectX 10. The DirectX 10 support on Vista is available for Inventor 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Inventor R11 added support for DirectX 9. This means Inventor R11 and newer version had Microsoft DirectX 9 support.

For the most part, a Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) certified 3D graphics accelerator card and driver combination will work and no further Autodesk certification is required. However, there are a few specific limitations:

1. 2D graphics cards, such as the Nvidia Quadro NVS family, will not work correctly. You need to purchase a 3D graphics card for your Inventor workstation.
2. Older DirectX 9 WHQL graphics drivers may have issues with Windows XP 32 bit when using the 3GB mode switch. If you are unable to upgrade to a 64 bit operating system, you should update your graphics driver. (Please note: Autodesk does officially support the use of Inventor with the use of the 3GB mode switch for Windows XP 32 bit.)
3. Older DirectX 10 WHQL graphics drivers may have issues with lines switching between dashed and solid appearance when rotating a 3D model. Update your graphics driver.

OpenGL Support
OpenGL support is no longer available in Inventor 2011, even on XP 32-bit, even if using the Compatibility choice (legacy Inventor graphics pipeline). This means that OpenGL support is restricted to XP 32-bit on Inventor 2010 and earlier.

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The AMD ATI Radeon HD 4250 (sometimes also ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 called) is an onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip in the RS880M chipset. It is based on the HD 3400 graphics core and features the UVD 2 video engine to decode HD videos (Avivo HD - can decode two HD streams simultaneously). Compared to the HD 4200, the 4250 offers a similar performance, but the power consumption could be a bit better.

Compared to the old HD 3200, the 4250 supports DirectX 10.1 and features the UVD2 video decoder.

The UVD 2 video engine is able to decode HD videos (MPEG-2, H.264, and VC-1) in all stages and allows the fluent playback of HD videos (e.g. Blu-ray) with a relative low CPU utilization (called Avivo HD). The HD 3200 was the first onboard graphics card that allows the fluent playback of Blu-ray videos. The UVD 2 in the HD 4250 supports the decoding of two video stream and therefore got a full Blu-Ray support.

The graphics core of the HD 4250 stems from the Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series and is therefore DirectX 10.1 capable. Because of the missing graphics memory, the performance of the card is a bit lower than of the HD 34x0. Theroretically, dedicated memory chips can be directly added to the chip, making it a dedicated graphics card. Because of pricing it is unclear if any manufacturer will add memory to the chip.

In a nutshell it will, don't hold your breath on neck-breaking video performance.

[Anonymous]

Is there any Autodesk 2010 or 2011 program that will NOT be compatiable with the ATI Mibility Radeon HD 4250?

I have a Sony Viao with Win 7, 64 bit, 4 G Ram, AMD Athlon II P340 Dual Core 2.2Gz Processor.

So far, I think the only problem I have encountered is with Revit 2011.

[blair]

Stay away from graphics "cards" that use on-board memory. Look for "cards" that have dedicated memory. Probably the same reason you are having problems with Revit.