Bring back that lovin' feelin'!
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to upgrade to 8 from 6 I think you would have had to do the update to 7 Pro for 99$...
Solid state drives are the bomb for speed. but artifacts indicates you need video power. check out a new video card.
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No, you would not. In fact, you cannot even upgrade to anything but the latest build (currently version
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Bill, I suggest you call SketchUp Customer Service, and talk to a real person.
Explain your problems.. and see if they can get you upgraded in an affordable way.
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That is not to say that Dan considers those fellas who responded up there less than real
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@dave r said:
I'm still using XP but I put in a solid state drive and I see an improvement in all applications on my computer.
That's encouraging!Your graphics card may well need to be upgraded.
Been there, done that. No help.You shouldn't have to pay the $500 all over again to go to V8 Pro. You should be able to upgrade for less than $100.
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@krisidious said:
but artifacts indicates you need video power. check out a new video card.
The computer maker actually let me test drive a more expensive card. It didn't help. I was (and am) using an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. We tried the next one up. Would you care to recommend a card?
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@dan rathbun said:
Bill, I suggest you call SketchUp Customer Service, and talk to a real person.
Explain your problems.. and see if they can get you upgraded in an affordable way.
I would've thought that to be impossible in today's world. But I'm sure you wouldn't have recommended I do it if that was the case. So maybe I will. It was so stressful during the days (or weeks) that we tried last time that I'm at the point of wanting to just throw money at it instead. And I know that will only lead to more stress if I fail (again).
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@unknownuser said:
Sometimes it works pretty good, other times it goes crazy with all kinds of weird artifact.
This SketchUp v6 Pro you are talking about ?
See the release notes for v8M1
http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=release_notes.cs.. are these the artifacts you referred to ??
You should be able to uninstall v8 Free.
Then download a trial of v8M4 Pro, and try it out to see if those OLD problems have gone away.
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@dan rathbun said:
@unknownuser said:
Sometimes it works pretty good, other times it goes crazy with all kinds of weird artifact.
This SketchUp v6 Pro you are talking about ?
Yes. It was my v6Pro that performed poorly on my new PC with Win7. And going to freebie8 doesn't allow me to export dxf files for my CNC.
See the release notes for v8M1
http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=release_notes.cs.. are these the artifacts you referred to ??Yes, very possibly. The use of the word "strings" makes me think SU is talking about my problem.
You should be able to uninstall v8 Free.
Then download a trial of v8M4 Pro, and try it out to see if those OLD problems have gone away.
That's a new wrinkle in software testing (for me). I've always taken PRO to mean the paid version of any SW and not accessible without buying. Based on all the fixes they mention in the link you provided I feel real good about purchasing the v8Pro which is only $95 (upgrade) rather than starting all over again to the tune of about $500. Thanks very much for all the help. I'm probably just gonna pull the trigger on the upgrade.
(You can also try changing the OpenGL settings in the Preferences dialog, to help in some situations.)Yes. We tried every combination of that. I suspect the upgrade will make me happy again.
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I'm using to GTX 470's in sli. never any issues. a 550ti should handle sketchup.
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