[NFBCS] Looking for ZoomText Computer Recommendations

Fri Aug 21 21:22:46 UTC 2020

Thanks for everyone’s replies so far!  I agree Charles, I’ve had better experience with Nvidia cards too.

I guess I could also just swap the card out if my new machine has issues. It’s not the most expensive part, but I’d still like to get it right the first time.

> On Aug 21, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Brad Snyder via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> These days, I have a Fusion license, which it allows me to have both.
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> - Brad -
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> On Aug 21, 2020, at 10:24, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I confess I use jaws and don't have an interest in zoomtext anymore so that could make a big difference.
> Bryan
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> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Looking for ZoomText Computer Recommendations
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> That is interesting. In the early days of my ZoomText usage (versions 7 and 8.x), I experienced many display issues using ZT with NIVIDA G-Force graphics cards as well as onboard Intel video adapters, and found ATI, now AMD Radeon video adapters to be the best choice when using ZT. 
> 
> This has changed in recent versions of ZT, but when given a choice, I still go with AMD Radeon as my preferred choice.
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> - Brad -
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> On Aug 21, 2020, at 08:56, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> Yes, I had some type of issue in the late 90s with amd and have used nvidia geforce ever since.
> Bryan Schulz
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> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Charles Vanek via NFBCS
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 10:39 PM
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> Cc: Charles Vanek <charles.vanek at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Looking for ZoomText Computer Recommendations
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> Couple years ago, maybe 2018.  I had a support issue with ZoomText Fusion and after going through several people i got a long time support person who was very helpful and we solved a performance issue.  That was on an Intel graphics card.  The useful part of this story however is that tech support person noted Nvidia as being the preferred graphics card at that time.
> 
> For what it’s worth I have Nvidia and Intel graphics cards in two Laptops and the Nvidia performs better.  I cannot speak to Radeon cards at all.
> 
> Good luck.  Let us know how it turns out whichever you get.
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> CV
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>> On Aug 20, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Brad Snyder via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Actually, I was going to recommend the AMD Radeon as the best choice for Zoom Text.
>> I've been using ZoomText for over 15 years, and I've always had the best results using AMD Radeon video adapters.
>> 
>> - Brad -
>> 
>> On Aug 20, 2020, at 19:53, Bryan Schulz via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> If I was buying, I'd avoid amd!
>> Bryan Schulz
>> 
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>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Shell via 
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>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:45 PM
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>> Cc: Brian Shell <shellbr at runbox.com>
>> Subject: [NFBCS] Looking for ZoomText Computer Recommendations
>> 
>> Hi,
>> It's time for me to buy a new computer and one thing that's critical is: 
>> will ZoomText run excellent on it?  It seems the video card and its 
>> drivers are the biggest factor in how stable a system will be.  At 
>> least that's been my experience.  Anyway I'm looking at either Dell 
>> OptiPlex
>> 7070 or an HP Z1 Tower G5 Workstation.  For these systems, I have the 
>> following options for video cards.  Has anyone had good experience 
>> with any of them:
>> AMD Radeon 520
>> NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
>> AMD Radeon RX 550X Graphics
>> AMD Radeon RX 580 Graphics
>> NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
>> NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
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>> Thanks,
>> Brian
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