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Wednesday, September 04, 2013 11:16 PM
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It be for very basic sketch up of like plumbing systems and other various construction type designs. I was thinking a 650 ti boost. Will this be suffice?
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Re:minimum gpu for auto cad?
Thursday, September 05, 2013 2:47 AM
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Re:minimum gpu for auto cad?
Thursday, September 05, 2013 6:44 AM
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AutoCAD, even for minor work needs a bit more horsepower for quick rendering.
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Re:minimum gpu for auto cad?
Thursday, September 05, 2013 1:12 PM
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Re:minimum gpu for auto cad?
Thursday, September 05, 2013 7:59 PM
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Id skip kepler gpu's for now. Go with a 400's or a 580 3GB or an AMD, if ya can find one. Nvidia screwed us on memory bandwidth on Kepler, and Kepler still has lots of issues with drivers and with modeling, aka Cad, Blender, Maya and so on.....
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Re:minimum gpu for auto cad?
Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:13 PM
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Per bcavnaugh's link from AutoCAD, it looks like they have at one time supported a few GeForce models as low as the upper end of 200-series, which is the equivalent of GTX 650 Ti nowadays.
But if all you're doing it 2D sketches, you won't need much GPU power for it, IGP is fine; you will need CPU power for it, so don't get a Celeron/Pentium version.
Note: If you're doing anything for work, your customer/client will want/prefer a certified system for regulation qualifications and what not, so cheaping out on a GeForce/Radeon might not be a good idea; that is what Quadro/FirePro are for.
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