AC 11 and XP x64

[Brett Brown]

Hi all, Could someone who is using AC 11 on XP x64 with a Nvidia card tell me your version of card drivers that are working successfully for you. I'm using 94.24 and my drop down menu's are disappearing behind floor plan window. Thanks

[Brett Brown]

On the XP x64 machine it is a core2duo E6600 with 4MB ram and a Asus P5W64 WS Professional MB. Doesn't seem to have onboard video. The same two problems happen on two different computers and the only thing the same on both is AC 10 and 11.It all started on my old XP x32 machine (IBM Pentium 4) that was blinking in AC 10 only. All other software Ok. So upgraded to the above for AC 11 and now blinking is not as prevalent in AC 10 but still there, and the above screen shot is only in AC 11. AC 10 is fine(doesn't do the above screen shot but still the ocassional blinking and slow down when editing) on the new machine. Another weird thing was in AC 10 on the old machine, it was the plan windows etc blinking, and Tool boxes, Navigator etc fine. Now in AC 10 and 11 on the new machine it is the Tool boxes, Navigator blinking and the windows fine, except for the above screen shot only in AC 11. Tried the Standard AC 11 WE, Reinstalled AC 11, no different. Is there any way to test the motherboard and PCI Express Bus?

[Paul King]

Hi the specs of your machine look easily ok. Major slowdowns under 10 I also get (to the point where I cannot even select multiple objects in cross sections) - and also sometimes under 11. I also get 2D graphic corruption if two sessions of AC11 are in use - but not this blinking phenomenon (I am assuming you arent just seeing screen regens or guidelines appearing & disappearing?)

If the same phenomenon was seen on two entirely different machines, one is forced to conclude either this is an extraordinary coincidence, or that there is something about the project or libraries or add-ons in use, or possibly there is some common service or driver or other installed software on both machines that is interfering somehow. If you tried on a genuinely fresh install of windows , you should eliminate that last possibility though.


To test the most likely scenario first - unload ALL your own & others libraries and add-ons, save the project in that state and exit. Reboot windows before restarting & testing again. before loading ArchiCAD unplug the internet, and disable virus checkers & everything background process you can that is not a critical system process.

Libraries & addons can have a significant & unpredictable impact on performance/behaviour for less than obvious reasons. Load only default GS library, making sure the library path is to the correct version. If problem now gone, gradually reintroduce your other libraries one by one, until problem happens again.

If it happens even using only default GS library, don't test using your current project - especially if it was created in an earlier AC version.

Instead create a fresh blank project after doing a "New & Reset" and use defaults for everything - use the multiply command to copy lots of elements around to make it fairly complex/realistic.

With all of the above done, do you still get the flickering? and only in ArchiCAD? If so, we are drawn back to hardware...

If you can play current 3D games without a problem I would guess your graphics card & PCIe bus are ok in themselves, but to test for compatibility issues you could try swapping hardware - eg try another graphics card on your motherboard, then your graphics card on another motherboard

Try a different video lead to your monitor, and try a different monitor if your whole display is flickering

All very time consuming, but sounds like you will need to be methodical to narrow the culprit down.



- I hope somewhere in there something helps!

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Does anyone have experience running XP64 under BootCamp or Parallels?

I've ordered a new Mac Laptop and have about a week to decide whether to install XP Pro or XP64.

[Anonymous]

Brett wrote:
Anyone with any suggestions or at least seen this behavior before?

I had severe flickering screen problems when I changed my Logitech G7 mouse with a Microsoft cordless laser one. It was something with the drivers.

[Brett Brown]

Thankyou Paul for your help and thank you Marianna for your clue. I am using a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer so I thought about changing to older drivers first before trying Paul's suggestions. Amazingly that was it. Using old version 5.5 on both computers and both are perfect now, fixed both problems in AC 10 and 11. Thankyou Marianna, and yet again shows how valuable this forum is.

[Anonymous]

Hi Brett,

I'm experiencing slow performance with AC 11 graphics running on XP - and am using a microsoft wireless mouse as well. Where did you locate the version 5.5 of the mouse driver?

Don

[Brett Brown]

Here is the Intellimouse Mouse one's http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/browse.aspx?displaylang=en&productID=F918997D-8A10-49A2-86D4-350F...

[Anonymous]

I noticed that after installing Intellimouse 6.1 driver for a microsoft mouse I had screen artifacts from palettes as you have shown. I uninstalled all mouse drivers and now am using a Logitech G5 mouse with standard xp 64 mouse drivers. Everything is now working really well. No crashes, hangs or graphic artifacts. Returning Intellimouse...

Haven't found a mouse more comfy than my G5...

I also am running Vista 64 bit on dual boot but it has issues with archicad and display...

I am sticking to XP 64 until Vista has all the driver bugs ironed out...

[Anonymous]

MAJOR PROBLEM IN XP64

I have just found a major problem using AC11 in XP64.

The steel section library parts (W Beams 11) are not working correctly. When a different size is selected the dimensions fail to adjust to match the new size. When I close and reopen the dimensions (in the settings dialog) they become editable!

The net result is that the steel parts cannot be relied on to make an accurate model in XP64!

There is no problem in either OSX or XP32 (we don't have Vista to test).

I assume that there may be similar problems with other library parts since it seems to be a problem with the execution of the code.

[Steve Jepson]

Matthew wrote:
I have just found a major problem using AC11 in XP64.

It works fine for me on XP Professional, x64 Edition SP2, 3790