{"id":5570,"date":"2018-04-11T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2018-04-11T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T13:23:25","slug":"solidworks-support-monthly-news-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/solidworks-support-monthly-news-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News \u2013 April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide.<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS 2020 will be the final release of SOLIDWORKS Supported on Windows 7<\/h1>\n

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As Microsoft has announced the end of life plan<\/a> for Windows 7 Support, SOLIDWORKS 2020 will be the final planned release of SOLIDWORKS which supports Windows 7. \u00a0Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2018 SP3, reminder messages will appear within the software so that users have ample notice prior this change. SOLIDWORKS 2010 will be the final release of SOLIDWORKS supported on Windows 7. SOLIDWORKS 2021 will not run on Windows 7.<\/p>\n

In general, refer to the SOLIDWORKS System Requirements<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Do you want 10x faster rendering in SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Visualize 2018 SP3?<\/h1>\n

By Julien Boissat
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To take advantage of this performance boost, you must make sure the GPU your NVIDIA graphic card is compatible with the new AI denoiser in SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Visualize 2018 SP3.<\/p>\n

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The update to include the AI Denoiser means we can no longer support very old NVIDIA graphics card of the Fermi generation. These cards no longer supported are Quadro FX series and Quadro x000. Updating to Visualize 2018 SP3 and newer with these outdated cards will result in Visualize not using your GPU and run in CPU-only mode<\/u>. To continue using Visualize with your Fermi generation GPU, please remain on Visualize 2018 SP2\u00a0and do not update to new versions until you have a graphics card of Kepler generation or newer.<\/p>\n

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Here is a table which summarizes the evolution of supported NVIDIA\u00ae GPU microarchitectures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSOLIDWORKS Visualize<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Version<\/td>\n2017 SP0.0 and older<\/td>\n2017 SP1.0 to 2018 SP2.0<\/td>\n2018 SP3.0 and future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI denoiser<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Supported NVIDIA\u00ae GPU microarchitectures<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Maxwell
\nKepler
\nFermi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pascal
\nMaxwell
\nKepler
\nFermi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Volta
\nPascal
\nMaxwell
\nKepler<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wonder what NVIDIA\u00ae GPU microarchitecture is on your computer? Please check this Wikipedia page<\/a> for all NVIDIA graphics cards ever made, with their chip generation.<\/p>\n

If you think it\u2019s time to replace your graphic card, you\u2019ll be happy to know we\u2019re offering a \u00a0limited-time 30% discount on Quadro P4000.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the new AI Denoiser \u00a0and the time-limited discount offer, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/p>\n