I´m needing card for CAD purposes

stuff100 · 26th Jun 2006, 05:53 AM

Hi. I´m looking for a graphic card that could be used with Autodesk Inventor 10 or 11. I have found out that the ATI fireGL cards are certified for CAD use, but they are very expensive.

Are there other cards that work well for CAD applications??

How about the ATI radeon 9800 XT?, does it work?

My pc Has:

pentiun 4, 3.2 Ghz
Bus AGP8x
DDR2
1Gb RAM

Thanks.

Das Capitolin · 26th Jun 2006, 11:35 AM

Hello Stuff100:

I build systems for your industry all the time. Generally speaking, the requirments for Inventor 11 are pretty low.

Since you are using the AGP bus, there are dozens of video cards that will more then handle the workload. The 9800XT is a great card for the AGP bus, but really even it is near the higher end based on the requirements. Here is AutoDesks info:

Recommended System Requirements
Includes Autodesk Vault client

Part & assembly design (less than 1,000 parts):

Intel® Pentium® 4, Xeon™, or AMD Athlon™, 2GHz or better processor
3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation)
1+ GB RAM
128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable graphics card
Large assembly design (more than 1,000 parts):

Intel® Pentium® 4, Xeon™, or AMD Opteron™, 3GHz or better processor
3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation)
3+ GB RAM
128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable, Workstation Class graphics card
Supported Operating Systems

Windows® 2000 Professional SP4
Windows® XP Professional SP1, SP2
Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (1)

EDIT: Consider moving up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM. You will notice a difference.

zy · 26th Jun 2006, 01:48 PM

hmm ...

CAD certifies cards are mainly focused on precision ...
no harm done using a standard graphic cards i guess

belikethat · 26th Jun 2006, 02:27 PM

get a high DPI mouse

K B Ng · 26th Jun 2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuff100

Hi. I´m looking for a graphic card that could be used with Autodesk Inventor 10 or 11. I have found out that the ATI fireGL cards are certified for CAD use, but they are very expensive.

Are there other cards that work well for CAD applications??

How about the ATI radeon 9800 XT?, does it work?

My pc Has:

pentiun 4, 3.2 Ghz
Bus AGP8x
DDR2
1Gb RAM

Thanks.

All cards work.. just that they aren't certified. For basic CAD work, the monitor and the mouse are way more important.

Chai · 26th Jun 2006, 04:02 PM

I'm not very familiar with CAD, but do you really need high DPI mouse when a low DPI mouse at low acceleration works as well?

Adrian Wong · 5th Jul 2006, 12:17 AM

You can always try to mod the cheaper Radeons into FireGLs... -> http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=105

peaz · 8th Jul 2006, 01:45 PM

high end cards today does the job pretty well already. unless you are doing real heavy duty CAD stuff like modelling a whole automobile or towers.

More importantly is your monitor, make sure you get at least 1600x1200 reso... otherwise, you'll just see a lot of clutter.

and yes, get a good input device too. preferably a nice and large graphic tablet.

Hmmm and more RAM too. You'd definately wish you have more that just 1GB of RAM. go at least 2GB.

Adrian Wong · 12th Jul 2006, 10:37 AM

Yeah! Always get more RAM!!

26th Jun 2006, 05:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
stuff100 Newbie Join Date: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I´m needing card for CAD purposes Hi. I´m looking for a graphic card that could be used with Autodesk Inventor 10 or 11. I have found out that the ATI fireGL cards are certified for CAD use, but they are very expensive. Are there other cards that work well for CAD applications?? How about the ATI radeon 9800 XT?, does it work? My pc Has: pentiun 4, 3.2 Ghz Bus AGP8x DDR2 1Gb RAM Thanks.

26th Jun 2006, 11:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Das Capitolin Warming up Join Date: 21 May 2006 Posts: 93 Reputation: 36 Rep Power: 0	Hello Stuff100: I build systems for your industry all the time. Generally speaking, the requirments for Inventor 11 are pretty low. Since you are using the AGP bus, there are dozens of video cards that will more then handle the workload. The 9800XT is a great card for the AGP bus, but really even it is near the higher end based on the requirements. Here is AutoDesks info: Recommended System Requirements Includes Autodesk Vault client Part & assembly design (less than 1,000 parts): Intel® Pentium® 4, Xeon™, or AMD Athlon™, 2GHz or better processor 3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation) 1+ GB RAM 128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable graphics card Large assembly design (more than 1,000 parts): Intel® Pentium® 4, Xeon™, or AMD Opteron™, 3GHz or better processor 3.5+ GB free hard drive space (for installation) 3+ GB RAM 128+ MB DirectX or OpenGL Capable, Workstation Class graphics card Supported Operating Systems Windows® 2000 Professional SP4 Windows® XP Professional SP1, SP2 Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (1) EDIT: Consider moving up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM. You will notice a difference. __________________ If my post helps you, please use the reputation system in appreciation. Shameless plug: http://www.pci-express.info

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