Graphics Card for CAD

[mikejf]

Hi all,

I have a PC that I use for CAD (AutoCAD, Revit etc) and general Windows apps. I'm not a gamer and don't own any games (other then the free ones with windows!)

I currently use my mother boards onboard graphics but thinking of adding a graphics card.

As I use CAD and not games I've been looking at an AMD firepro W4100. The next cards up in this range are just about out of budget.

My question is should I go for this type of card or go with a more "gamers" style graphics card for similar money such as an NVIDIA GTX 960 or an AMD Radeon R9 380, all are about the same money.

My current spec (bought from OC's) is..

Asus A88-XM-Plus motherboard
3.93ghz AMD A8-6600K
16Meg mem
Monitor Acer G276HL 27" (looking to upgrade to an 35" extra wide in the future)

The on board graphics is a Radeon HD 8570D

Thanks all

Mike

 

[passey89]

For general use any GPU will actually do.

The business cards just generally have more ram / reliability / better drivers.

I've got a k2100 in my cad laptop and it's fine.

 

[meldarthx]

you're going to want to use firepro because of the driver hooks that will give you extra performance that gamer cards just don't have.

w4100 for the price is a very solid card for cad work.