12/3/2023 0 Comments Best video card for autocad![]() Due to years of hardware testing I would assume their relationships are pretty good, and thus the official Autodesk line could well be something political like "Quadro will provide better driver support over the gaming equivalent." As far as we're concerned - there's too many ppl having success with gaming cards to flat-out rule them out. Now, would Autodesk (or any company) ever risk their relationship with hardware manufacturers such as Nvidia or ATI by flat-out saying their highly profitable workstation cards aren't needed. Compare those against your local store's prices and can quickly tell the workstation graphics cards are a massive waste of cash in the DirectX environment.Īnother avenue to explore would be Tom's Hardware's regular "best gpu for the $" articles: Obviously the numbers are unitless and unknown but as far as i know they're comparable, so can gauge that card a is approximately x-times as powerful as card b. it's kinda tricky, but I keep going back to DirectX benchmark charts like: The move to DirectX meant the ability to use pre-approved by Microsoft (WHQL) drivers so Autodesk could concentrate on their software, and as long as they were DirectX compliant then (for the majority) all hardware should work.Īn added benefit to the end user was that the DirectX system is what's uses with most games (and the Xbox console) so we could swith to cheaper gaming cards as these were tailored to DirectX performance over OpenGL.Īs for how to quantify 1 card's perfomance to another. Historically things were OpenGL which meant all drivers had to be checked and passed by Autodesk as they were all uncontrolled - and thus the reason behind certified systems, those tested and approved by Autodesk. Add to the mix that Solidworks and other cad software still use OpenGL so it's understandably easier for a system-builder to slap a workstation card in a machine and say it's "cad compatable" without having to specify which cad software it's intended for. Especially when you get the hardware manufacturers and vendors still pushing the expensive (and thus potentially more profitable) workstation cards. ![]() I have to admit it's a pretty messy/complicated situation. Thankyou in advance for your help and suggestions, It's all a little confusing for someone who doesn't understand all the ins and outs of video cards. The same supplier (HP) has an identical machine (same motherboard, same memory, same video card) with 2 x 500GB hard drives that is NOT "autodesk certified"? wtf? The computer with the Quadro600 is "autodesk certified".Īm I likely to have problems if I buy a computer that is NOT "autodesk certified"?įor example, the "autodesk certified" computer with the Quadro600 card has 2 x 1000GB hard drives. The local comptuure shop's nerd recommends this card : ATI8670, which I've searched, but cannot find the specs for? ![]() This card is rated as an "entry level" card by NVIDA.Ĭan someone who knows the ins and outs of video cards please tell me whether or not the Quadro600 will be ok for us?Ĭan you please explain in lay-man's terms what the different specs (memory, CUDA cores and bit interface) mean and what effects they have in 3D modelling? ![]() This card has more memory (1GB) and more CUDA cores (96), but only has a 128 bit interface. ![]() We have been quote a machine with this card: This card is rated as a "mid range" card by NVIDA. This card has a 192 bit memory interface, 750MB memory and 64 CUDA cores (whatever they are?). The last machine we purchased (about 12 months ago) had the following video card: We are looking to buy a new machine for Inventor. ![]()
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