Looking for a graphics card for heavy CAD work.

theseeg · Jun 9, 2012

Right now I am looking at "EVGA SuperClocked 04G-P4-2673-KR GeForce GTX 670 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card"

What do you guys think I should use for a CAD workstation?

v12dock · Jun 9, 2012

http://www.nvidia.com/object/workstation-solutions.html

theseeg · Jun 9, 2012

v12dock said:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/workstation-solutions.html

Which one were you looking at in there? The 6000?

v12dock · Jun 9, 2012

I would do a little research and see which suites you best

theseeg · Jun 9, 2012

I did and I was thinking the GTX 670 may be the best one but I have not used NVIDIA before so I wanted to see what other ppl thought about that GPU

Fourstaff · Jun 9, 2012

No point getting a non workstation card, if you can get away with getting a consumer graphics card you will only need maybe 5450 at most.

JrRacinFan · Jun 9, 2012

Fourstaff said:
only need maybe 5450

Going to want to look at nVidia for this. Normal consumer end a GT440/GT240 would do.

Dent1 · Jun 9, 2012

theseeg said:
Right now I am looking at "EVGA SuperClocked 04G-P4-2673-KR GeForce GTX 670 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card"

What do you guys think I should use for a CAD workstation?

That is a high end gaming grade video card.

There are CAD tier cards, but most people in the community would say they are not worth the price. I would personally get something less than $150 as I doubt you'll notice the difference outside of gaming. For a CAD workstation I would concentrate my efforts on lots of RAM and a powerful CPU.

de.das.dude · Jun 9, 2012

go for a FirePro V5800 or a V4800 if you are low budget
no use in getting a gaming card.

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