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[2433]

Hi All

My company plan to buy a new PC from Dell, any recomendation for the video card???
Anyone has a good system from Dell??

Thanks

 

[MechEng13]

Quadro series....SWX was benchmarked using it. Other than that we would need to know what kind of load are you going to be putting it under. How many part ass'y's, how complex parts, etc.



Alan M. Etzkorn
Product Engineer
Nixon Tool Co.

http://www.nixontool.com

 

[2433]

Hi Alan, thanks for a quick replied
I working with large assy's (3000 or more)
I also do some renderings & animations

Thanks

 

[MechEng13]

Well hopefully some of the other "experts" on this site will be able to help you more. I am no longer working with SWX.... I am now using IV 8, for what I am doing it does the job, but there are definitely things I miss from SWX. From what I hear, the FX1000 Quadro seems to be the best bang for the buck...Hopefully someone else can give you more information on the Quadro line of card.



Alan M. Etzkorn
Product Engineer
Nixon Tool Co.

http://www.nixontool.com

 

[Theophilus]

My FX500 does great, but I don't do ridiculous assemblies either. Lots of rendering, etc. but I don't think that has anything to do with a graphics card--probably more with chip and RAM than anything.

Animations may not matter either, except for the large assembly stuff.

Dells are sturdy, although I really like the two systems I work with using the new AMD Opteron 64--wide data/exchange pipelines--haven't noticed any architectural bottlenecks yet.

Good luck.




Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

 

[SBaugh]

The Quadro FX 1000 is being replaced with the FX 1100. It will support Real view in SP3. If your going to be using that many parts in your assemblies then you need to get a bigger card like the 1100 , 2000 or 3000. 3000 might be overkill but that depends on the complexity of the files.

I to run the FX 500 and I'm seeing some slow downs due to complicated Surfacing. So I do suggest it for those that are not going to using much complexity or large assemblies.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[JNR]

Same play, different actors...... Yup, buy as much QUADRO as you can afford. Give me the Quadro, the whole Quadro and nothing but the Quadro.

John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics

A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.

 

[2433]

Hi all

Thanks all for your informations, sound like QUADRO is the best Graphic Cards

Thanks

 

[JNR]

A subtle comment. I am not picking at your statement or your intended interpretation, 2433! I just wanted to make a point here about hardware selection criteria. I think I would put it this way:

Not necessarily THE best graphics cards, but right up there with the best for sure and the SAFEST choice for SW. That means Quadro looks like the best CHOICE. The difference may seem academic to some, but I think it is an important difference.

John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics

A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.