Global Release Notes

 Note about HT Technology :

DS does not make any recommendation about the hyper threading (HT) technology. Certifications have been ran with processor's configuration parameters defined by default by the hardware vendor (in the system BIOS). Thus, for any recommendation about Hyper Threading, please contact your hardware vendor. 

 

 Important notice on 3DLabs graphic adapter:

Although your hardware vendor may still provide hardware support on configuration using 3DLabs graphic adapter, graphics driver defect support is not longer provided by 3DLabs.

 

 

 Note about Operating Systems in specifications sheet

Operating Systems used for Certification are explicitly marked in the specification sheet:

- Windows 2000:  note that V5R17 was the last release to support Windows 2000 Professional

- Windows XP

- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:

• Configurations certified on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Intel EM64T or AMD processors are supported with 32-bit  applications, when running V5 Release 15 Service Pack3 as minimum level.

• Starting in V5 Release 16, configurations certified on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Intel EM64T or AMD processors are supported running 64-bit applications.

• Note :  When using macro and VBScript features, with 32-bit CATIA  on Windows XP Professional x64 , CATIA may crash when accessing more than 2GB of address space , a Microsoft patch is correcting this problem , see Microsoft Article : KB903648  support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;903648. 

For additional information as required patches and supported V5 products, please refer to the Program Directory of your targeted V5 Release.

 

 CgFX support

Starting with V5R16 OpenGL Shaders on Windows requires CgFX.

- CgFX requires graphic adapters and drivers supporting the following standard OpenGL extensions :

• ARB_vertex_program 1.0

• ARB_fragment_program 1.0

- Note that entry game ATI FireGL V3xxx (V3100, V3100M, V3200, V3350, V3400) do not support cgfx shaders on any ATI driver with CATIA (any release), because of insufficient memory on board.

- When using CgFX on Windows :

• Version Cg 1.4 is required for CATIA V5 Release 16
• Starting with V5R17 : Version Cg 1.5 is delivered 
• The below table lists support of graphic adapters by Cg version and V5 releases:

 

			Cg 1.4 version	Cg 1.5 Version
Manufacturer	OS	Graphic Adapter	V5R16	V5R17	V5R18
AMD ( formerly ATI)	Windows XP	FireGL V5100	X	X	X
	Windows XP	FireGL V7100	X	X	X
	Windows XP	FireGL V7200	X	X	X
	Windows 2000	Mobility FireGL V5000	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
Nvidia	Windows 2000	Quadro FX1300	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX1400	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX1400 Go	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX1500	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX1500M	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX2500M	X	X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX3400	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX3450	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX3500	X	X
	Windows XP		X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX3500M	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX350M	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX4400	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX4500	X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX4600	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX540	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX550	X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows 2000	Quadro FX5500	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX560	X	X	X
	Windows XP x64			X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX360M	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX1600M	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX570M	X	X	X
	Windows XP	Quadro FX1700	X	X	X

 

 

 10/31/2005: Nvidia (77.56) Driver Issue on XP-64 bit, when using 32-bit applications

Due to a conversion bug, when converting 32 bit address to 64bit for Graphigs, "Blue Screen" may occur.

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