Nvidia GeForce vs Quadro for various Autodesk programs

[Raudel Solis]

as long as it has CUDA Cores for 3ds Max Iray Rendering
if its an i7 cpu, make sure to by the second generation series
if you have no budget get a xeon or the 3xxx Intel I series

[Mike_Taylor]

I am currently running an nVidia GT 250 (overclockled of course , which is an older version the card your looking at, although im buying a new computer tonight or tomorrow). I have never had issues running any Autodesk software (Inventor 2012, Revit 2006 and AutoCAD 2012).

[f700es]

nVidia GT430 fermi here and all my CAD/3D software works well too. If I used it 8 hours a day I would have gotten a higher end GTX based card but this budget one works fine for me.

[SLW210]

GeForce drivers are not certified by AutoCAD/Autodesk. Most complaints on here graphics related are users of non-certified drivers, there have been two this week alone with GeForce.

IMHO, if your chosen profession uses this software, you should pay a few extra dollars for a certified card. My Quadro 600 was < @200 US and works quite well with AutoCAD.

[Lee Roy]

We have the following cards (among others) in our office.

My personal ratings when using Revit 2012 on these various machines are as follows:

Quadro 2000 > QuadroFX > GTX580 > ATI FireGL > Radeon (yes, we had a Radeon...)

I'd love to have Q4000's for everyone...

[JD Mather]

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/v...user-id/107050 Click View All in lower right corner. Happy reading.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...2/td-p/3213542

http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/vie...hp?f=5&t=12719

http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/vie...ghlight=opengl

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autode...GL/m-p/1621669

Keep in mind that some of this stuff goes way back and is more of a history of progression. Look for the latest recommendations.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...12&id=16391880
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...12&id=16318759

[spittle]

Any thoughts on using a GTX 580 with civil 3d?

I've come to the point where my work Quadro FX1800 is not handling Mudbox very well where as my home GTX580 is fine. The GTX also runs Max perfectly well so far.

I've not tried CAD packages though at home and certainly don't have any complex Civil 3D data at home to really push it. Can anyone share their experiencse? As I'm thinking of requesting a new card at work - and potentially a GTX 580.

[StykFacE]

The GTX 580 should rock the pants off the FX1800. The GTX has way more performance horsepower, and 3-4 years newer if I'm not mistaken.

[f700es]

I agree, I think any advantage the Quadro would have in C3D would be diminished by the newer card's specs and performance.

[spittle]

The company I work for is putting a 3000M into the latest spec computers, although they're laptops. Has 2GB itself so pretty decent spec.

Doh, back to the old debate. I guess I can sty and install Mudbox on one of the laptops and see how it handles.

Hey Stykface - are you still using MEP? Started a new job 8 months ago and have not touched it since though not done a great deal of mechanical work. We've got access to pretty much any Autodesk software - if you were in that situation, would you still use MEP? Or go plant 3d?