GFX for 3DS max

[IncognitoX]

What type of graphics card will run 3DS max comfortably and under £150?

Its going to be linked with an AMD FX-6300.

Was thinking this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-154-MS

Is that too much? or too little as budget is a big deal in this build. (£500)

 

[kristmace]

Couple of points (though I'm no expert on 3ds max).

You'll get much better performance from a professional card such as AMD FirePro or Nvidia Quadro.

If you do get a consumer card, Nvidia might be a better option as the CUDA technology can assist processing for better performance.

 

[IncognitoX]

Couple of points (though I'm no expert on 3ds max).

You'll get much better performance from a professional card such as AMD FirePro or Nvidia Quadro.

If you do get a consumer card, Nvidia might be a better option as the CUDA technology can assist processing for better performance.

I had no idea, thanks for the advice. Would you be able to recommend the best card in those series for under £150?

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Well the V4900 and the Quadro 600 are the only cards around the £150 mark. The Quadro 2000 and the W5000 cards are over double that.

Geforce/Radeon will work but you may have issues with support as they are not a qualified product for 3DS Max.

 

[spoffle]

You'll be fine using a card designed for games with 3ds max. Getting a quadro or firegl for this would be a waste really.

 

[kristmace]

You'll be fine using a card designed for games with 3ds max. Getting a quadro or firegl for this would be a waste really.

Again, as far as I know, the physical cards are the same, but the drivers for the Quadro/FirePro cards are much better optimised to professional work. Geforce/Radeon cards will work fine for a lot of things on programs like 3dsm but there will be limitations. Exactly what the limitations are needs some very expert advice!

As for a recommendation, for under £150 I'd look for a card like a 560 which should come in at around £120. There's not a lot of point getting the latest gaming card when the previous generation will be perfectly adequate.

 

[JonSmith]

My dad has been using 3DS max with a HD6450, seems more than adequate. The 5450 he was using was a little slow however. In about 5 years of doing design work in 3DS as a hooby I have never come across an instance where I felt like a GPU was causing issues. It even runs fine on my 4500mhd laptop, although lacks anti aliasing (which all modern dedicated cards have no issue with).

Basically for viewport rendering any modern GPU will do the trick, no point splashing out unless you also want to game with it.