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Old Mar 21, 2013, 02:39 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by engineerof2005 View Post
what about asrock z77 extreme4/extreme6 (with vt-d support) compared to asus p8z77-v (not sure about vt-d support)?
K processors don't support VT-d, only the non K versions support it.

I'll ask again: what CAD programs are you using?

Going for faster CPU's and better motherboards won't be anywhere near as important as the GPU if the program can use it.
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