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Originally Posted by gazzae
Hi all,
I'm not really an expert on graphic cards so excuse me if this is a silly question. But will a card thats designed for 3d gaming, be much cop at 3d design?
This is the card I'm looking at - http://www.connect3d.com/products/agp_x850xt.htm
Its going to be used mostly for AutoCad and 3d design work. Its a PCI Express x16 card, there doesn't seem to be a lot of this type of card about.
Thanks
Gareth |
That cards is fine if you are just starting out, but as time goes on, you may need to switch to a full workstation level card, such as
ATi's FireGL series. I haven't used one, but I have been told the advantage is that the workstation cards render things more accurately than the gaming cards. This makes sense, if you play a game, you are likely to be too busy to notice little touches such as the brickwork on the wall you have just passed is a texture and therefore flat.
The downside is that Workstation graphics cards are incredibly expensive (not seen the prices of those cards recently, but generally, workstation cards tend to be priced at £1000 and above).