Video/Graphics Card Issues

[2thdrbill]

I have 3 month old Macbook Pro with following:
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory - 8 GB 1333 MHz DDrs
Video Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
- AMD Radeon HD 6770M
Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac (7.0.15095)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (Service Pak 1)

Problem: I am running a HD 3D program called Sidexis that is used to create color 3D models from CT scan. For some reason it will not generate the 3D model and movements are slow and "jumpy". I have 4GB of Ram dedicated to partition. I think Parallels is using the Intel HD graphics 3000 (512 MB) card which is not adequate. Is the solution to have Windows utilize the AMD chipset? if so, How do I do that?

 

[mikeo007]

I have 3 month old Macbook Pro with following:
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory - 8 GB 1333 MHz DDrs
Video Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB
- AMD Radeon HD 6770M
Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac (7.0.15095)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (Service Pak 1)

Problem: I am running a HD 3D program called Sidexis that is used to create color 3D models from CT scan. For some reason it will not generate the 3D model and movements are slow and "jumpy". I have 4GB of Ram dedicated to partition. I think Parallels is using the Intel HD graphics 3000 (512 MB) card which is not adequate. Is the solution to have Windows utilize the AMD chipset? if so, How do I do that?

The problem may be parallels itself. Parallels doesn't really use either GPU, it creates a virtual GPU for the VM to use.

Try it out in bootcamp, with specialized software that is sometimes the only way to get adequate performance.

 

[2thdrbill]

The problem may be parallels itself. Parallels doesn't really use either GPU, it creates a virtual GPU for the VM to use.

Try it out in bootcamp, with specialized software that is sometimes the only way to get adequate performance.

So, with Windows 7 and Parallels already installed how/ what do I need to do to change to Bootcamp and Windows 7? I see with Mac OS X Lion you have to use new Windows 7 install???