Professional Graphics Card with NVIDIA GPU
With the latest NVIDIA drivers for professional graphics cards, there are major technical issues when working with RFEM 5, RFEM 6, RSTAB 8, RSTAB 9, and RSECTION 1. The drivers often cause crashes and sometimes performance problems. In some cases, lines are drawn in the graphic that do not actually belong in the model.
If you encounter such problems, we recommend installing the latest version of RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9. Starting with RFEM 6.10.0007 and RSTAB 9.10.0007, adjustments have been made to prevent crashes.
If surfaces are no longer filled in the graphic or members are only displayed as lines after updating RFEM or RSTAB, you should install the latest driver from the “Production Branch.”
If no new version can be installed and crashes occur in the graphics core, we recommend installing the following driver:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/drivers/details/238801/
Gaming Graphics Card with NVIDIA GPU
Gaming graphics cards with NVIDIA GPUs can usually be recognized by the “Geforce” addition.
Install the latest driver from the “NVIDIA Studio Drive” branch.
We do not recommend the “GeForce Game Ready Driver” branch, as there may be stability issues with this branch.
Professional and Gaming Graphics Cards with AMD GPU in Processor-Integrated AMD GPU
If your computer is equipped with an AMD graphics card, then install the latest driver.
Integrated Intel GPU
We do not recommend using the integrated Intel GPU. If possible, an NVIDIA or AMD graphics card should be used.
- FAQ 5679: Determining Graphics Card used in RFEM 6
- FAQ 5352: Selecting Dedicated GPU in Windows for RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9
However, if there is no other option than to use the Intel GPU, we recommend using the latest driver.
