ATI or Nvidia

[rory129]

i am going to be using autocad and architecture program where i will be putting things in 3-d and i am not sure which video card to use can someone help me

 

[Bodaggit23]

nVidia Quadro

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000449&Description=quadro&name=Workstation%20Graphics%20%2f%20Video%20Cards

 

[maroon1]

But Quadro are overpriced, why not just get a normal video card ?

 

[linkin]

because normal video cards are desgined for games and media. Quadro cards are designed for things like AutoCAD and 3d modelling.

 

[Ethan3.14159]

But Quadro are overpriced, why not just get a normal video card ?

They are actually priced quite fairly for what you get. Which is outstanding support. Even custom drivers and such if the card is having driver issues.

 

[The_Other_One]

You know, I read up on some workstation cards and many apparently are simply "rebadged" cards from previous generations. However, the drivers and such are more refined with better OpenGL support and what not.

Depending on how serious this computer is, you'd probably be just fine with a fairly current low-middle range dedicated GPU.

 

[Ethan3.14159]

You know, I read up on some workstation cards and many apparently are simply "rebadged" cards from previous generations. However, the drivers and such are more refined with better OpenGL support and what not.

Depending on how serious this computer is, you'd probably be just fine with a fairly current low-middle range dedicated GPU.

And that doesn't happen with regular cards? 8800GT > 9800GT. 9800GTX > GTS 250.

 

[khaj_vah]

For autocad get nvidia. It is more expansive but is perfect for autocad , 3d max ...........