cfrank78 wrote: This is a WORK - station. Not a gaming computer. Many things are adjusted and set up to work properly. 3D Printer, CNC Milling Maschine, and and and. Who´s gonny pay me the time to reinstall and setup a whole pc and OLDER system? You guys? I was used to turn the baby on, start the tools and go. Everythign worked like a charm. Suddenly, nothing. As long as the driver works its fine, but as i said i have other softwares too and they often need the newest version.
I am not the kind of guy who goes crazy within hours or days, but this is a problem for months that you guys were not able to fix or even possible to phone with nvidia - the company your product was built on!
As a professional 3D guy for the last 25 years, in both manufacture and visualization, as both a single guy freelancer and as a member of larger businesses, it seems crazy to me that you would depend on one machine to reliably perform so many functions. You're just asking for conflicts. There's also a reason most tools used in serious production are not the latest and greatest cutting edge techno wonders, and that's their inherent unreliability. If cutting edge tools are used in production, then there is likely to be a dedicated support staff to keep it up and running. If you want to experiment on the cutting edge, that's fine, but there are a lot of inherent risks that come along with it.
If you've got an older system that works reliably, don't mess with it! Instead, experiment with a new system that you don't rely upon for daily production. Once the new system is stable and can do everything you want it to, consider it locked and phase out the old system. Then start over. That's the reality of working in a field where the technology is constantly changing along several, often conflicting, fronts. If you want solid, stable, reliable tools, be happy with ones that are well behind the leading edge.
Your goldsmith analogy is not a very good one. Instead, imagine trying to find a good surgical team that can reconstruct your spine after a motorcycle accident. What does the current research on nerve regeneration say? How about vertebra rebuilding from bone grafts? Stem cell injections? What are the possible surgical procedures, the drug treatments, the physical therapy options? What are possible risks and benefits of each? Procedures and treatments developed 10-20 years ago have well established track records, and the risks and benefits are well known. Current medical research universities and hospitals have some new options that look extremely promising, but the risks are also much greater. Which ever way you go, either cutting edge or well established, the medical professionals will do their best for you, but you have to know what you are getting into.
- Frank