Why would SolidWorks RealView stop working after NVIDIA driver update? (Using RealHack)
I've had RealHack working since forever using an RTX 2080 and the NV40 folder with Hex 30008. I recently updated graphics driver to 471.68 and now RealView is no longer enabled. Last version that worked was 466.77. If I roll back drivers, it works again, but I'd rather not do that. Any ideas how to get it back or even why this would happen?
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I had this happen to me as well. I rolled my driver back to keep Realview working. I have a hunch that the latest Nvidia drivers tweaked some registry values somewhere, which makes realview no longer recognize the GeForce cards as Quadro cards.
Mathijs Theunissen - follow the path in registry editor as stated in my previous post and you right click to create a new DWORD.
I put a screenshot to see how it should look like. Don't forget to rename it in workarounds
Add the second entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ SolidWorks \ SOLIDWORKS 2020 \ Performance \ Graphics \ Hardware \ NVIDIA Corporation \
It is also valid for the following drivers, including the latest one to date 512.59
I'm using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / PCIe / SSE2
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2021\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\NV40\NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2]
"Workarounds"=dword:00031408
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2021\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2]
"Workarounds"=dword:04000000
For RTX 2060 graphics card you can also watch this video
Didnt work for my rtx2070 maxq I tried both Hardware\Gl2Shaders\NV40\ and ..Hardware\NVIDIA Corporation.
Primeiro, certifique-se de ter o nome exato da sua placa gráfica na pasta Current, copie-a e cole-a para as novas chaves que você adiciona a seguir nas pastas gl2shader e NVIDIA Corporation:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2018\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\NV40\
Chave 70408 funcionou para mim (GTX 1050Ti)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2018\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\NVIDIA Corporation
Chave 4000000 funcionou para mim (GTX 1050Ti)
Deu certo finalmente!
First, make sure that you have the exact name of your graphics card from Current folder, you copy it and you paste it for the new keys you add next in gl2shader and the NVIDIA Corporation folders:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2018\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\Gl2Shaders\NV40\
Key 70408 worked for me (GTX 1050Ti)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2018\Performance\Graphics\Hardware\NVIDIA Corporation
Key 4000000 worked for me (GTX 1050Ti)
