Mid Range to High End Graphics - Worth the $

[BOPdesigner]

Our workstations have nVidia FX1500 or FX1700 graphics cards. We are starting to have visualization performance issues with NX 6 and are considering upgrading to FX 3000 or 4000 series. Has anybody had experience with these cards that can comment on increased productivity with the higher end cards? How can you determine what the point of diminishing return on investment is? On the card specifications, is memory bandwidth the key characteristic to consider? We have played around with the visualization performance settings and nothing seems to be noticibly different with the cards we have. Is there a Minimum and Recommend spec for graphics cards to run NX?

 

[wmalan]

"I use an FX5600, main reason is is&v simulation. The fx1700 is a big disappointment in is&v it is virtually impossible to rotate the model when doing the simulation. Apart from that it will remove details from the scene when you zoom in. For ordinary cad stuff difference is not very noticeable."

Interesting. I just tried a couple of the sample IS&V files with my FX1700 and they look ok. Not quite as snappy as my old employers FX4600 but at only $280.00 it works pretty well since I'm paying the bills now <g>. I'm putting together a simulation today so I'll do some more testing there. Perhaps with a more complex part things get more sketchy? I'm going to be depending on IS&V since my wallet can't afford Vericut at this time.

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Bill

 

[HynfiNX]

Quadro and GeForce cards use the same processor, the only difference is card price.

Get a GeForce GTX 295 !


Sandro Anderlini
Mould designer
Macerata - Italy