Open GL Compatibility with ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

[dofoogan]

Hello,
I recently had a hard drive failure on my laptop and after I had it serviced, I noticed my Sketchup Open GL could not use the "hardware acceleration".

I have a HP NW8440 with 4GB RAM and an ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 with 256 MB of built in RAM. Prior to the crash, I could select "use hardware acceleration" AND "use fast feedback" in my preferences and the # would be at least 30+. Now its down to 3 with medium precision and NO anti alias??

Now I can only use "fast feedback" (no hardware acceleration), but the # is 67 with high precision with shadows and no anti-alias. The rendering gets really bogged down when I am have a lot models in one space.

I've already installed the most recent driver for my video card. Any other ideas? Or is this just normal?

Thanks for any insight!
Jonathan

[chango70]

Have you tried the latest drivers? Re-install Sketup?

[sketch3d.de]

@dofoogan said:

I've already installed the most recent driver for my video card.

if HP doesn't provide you w/ more recent drivers check if the Omega Driver might be a solution for this issue:

(www.omegadrivers.net)

hth,
Norbert