In case you have not seen the note in Communication Center, there is a new update for the Certified Hardware XML Database Update. This contains best product settings and tunings for certified hardware aka graphics cards.
You may need to download this file if:
- You have new graphics hardware.
- You have a new driver version for your graphics hardware in the graphics hardware list.
- The status of your graphics card has changed in the database. For example, The Status has changed from Supported to Certified.
- Autodesk or the graphics hardware vendor has resolved issues with your graphics hardware.
The current version of the Hardware Certification Database is 17.2.0.4. If the local version of your database is older than the current version, then your database should be updated.
Like always please review the ReadMe before downloading or installing.
Changes from version 17.2.0.3
General Information
Click here to view the complete list of all cards available for this current database.
NVIDIA
- Adds support for the NVIDIA® Quadro FX 570m 174.71 (7471) for Windows XP
- Adds support for the NVIDIA® Quadro FX 570m 175.97 (7597) for Windows Vista
- Adds support for the NVIDIA® GeForce driver version 175.16 (7516) for Windows XP64
- The following Card has been added
- NVIDIA® GeForce 9600 GT
- The following Card has been added
- Adds support for the NVIDIA® GeForce driver version 175.19 (7519) for Windows XP, Vista , & Vista 64
- The following Card has been added
- NVIDIA® GeForce 9600 GT
- The following Card has been added
AMD
- Adds support for the ATI® Mobility FireGL V5700 8.503 (6822) for Windows XP
- Adds support for the ATI® FireGL unified driver version 8.453.1.3 (6758) for Windows XP & XP64
- The following Card has been added
- ATI® FireGL V7700
- The following Card has been added
- Adds support for the ATI® FireGL unified driver version 8.453.1.3 (555) for Windows Vista & Vista64
- The following Card has been added
- ATI® FireGL V7700
- The following Card has been added
- Adds support for the ATI® Radeon Catalyst Driver 8.6 (6822) for Windows XP & XP64
- Adds support for the ATI® Radeon Catalyst Driver 8.6 (590) for Windows Vista & Vista64
Affected Products
- AutoCAD 2007,2008 and 2009
- AutoCAD Electrical 2007 , 2008 and 2009
- AutoCAD Mechanical 2007 , 2008 and 2009
- AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2007
- AutoCAD MEP 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk Building Systems 2007 and 2007.1
- Autodesk Inventor™ Professional 11 (1)
- Autodesk Inventor Series 11 (1)
- Autodesk Inventor Suite 2008 and 2009 (1)
- Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008 and 2009 (1)
- Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems Suite 2008 and 2009(1)
- Autodesk Inventor Simulation Suite 2008 and 2009 (1)
- Autodesk Civil 3D® 2007
- AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk Land Desktop 2007 , 2008 and 2009
- AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk Map 3D 2007
- AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk Raster Design 2007
- AutoCAD Raster Design 2008 and 2009
- Autodesk AutoCAD Revit® Architecture Series 9.x (2)
- AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 and 2009 (2)
- Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series - Structure 4.x (2)
- Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series - Structure 3.x (2)
- AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2008 and 2009 (2)
- Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series - Systems Plus 2 (3)
- Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series - Systems Plus 1 (3)
- AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2008 and 2009 (4)
(1) Apply this update only if the installation includes AutoCAD Mechanical or Autodesk Mechanical Desktop.
(2) Apply this update only if the installation includes AutoCAD.
(3) Apply this update only if the installation includes Autodesk Building Systems.
(4) Apply this update only if the installation includes AutoCAD MEP.
Also check out the AutoCAD Graphics Card Drivers page to see if there is a new driver for your graphics card: http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard
Don’t forgot, these days your GPU graphics card is almost more important than you CPU. Always get the most graphics card you can otherwise you are potentially buying a sports car with square tires.
Oldie but a goodie:
Between the Lines: Graphics Card Selection Importance Reminder
Cheers,
Shaan (in Atlanta Georgia for IWF08) 
