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The SPECapc results with 3DS Max are no particular surprise. Core speed provides a noticeable benefit when running this software. But the AutoCAD results are more of a revelation. Here again, a faster CPU clock provides considerable benefit. However, the GPU makes almost no difference in this test. So long as you have a graphics card beyond the basic Quadro K620, with GDDR5 memory, AutoCAD should run very smoothly.
For this application, a NVIDIA Quadro K2200 makes the most sense, as going for a K4200 or above provides little or no performance boost for quite a lot more money.
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KitGuru says: Both 3ds Max and AutoCAD get a modelling performance boost from a faster core clock, and not from multiple cores. But AutoCAD also doesn't run faster with graphics beyond a NVIDIA Quadro K2200, making this the sweet spot for this application.
what about quadro vs firepro
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One and only good guide would be an advice, look at your budget and then see what sort of pro card and program combo you can afford. Then you/me must go through the tedious task of checking the supported features of a given 3D CAD or other program on a given card, that is a make or break thing.
It appears that a card will be fully supported on a given program +/- 1.5 to 2 years, so if a card has been produced in 2014 it should be optimised on programs that have been released in years 2012-2016.
In my case this speciffic situation is paramaunt in Autocad, shading 3d models while modeling or plain adequate representation without artifacts, so a low range firepro v3900 (released in 2012) is not supported (in 3D) on Autocad 2011 (released in 2010, go figure).
If doing drafts is your thing, don’t worry, a pro card, even the cheapest is a must, but if the 3D function is not needed, you’ll be set as good as on a 1000$ card.
About what’s better, firepro or Quadro, I can say that drafting is excellent on both. I have the low end quadro Fx 580 and the FirePro v3900, Quadro is accurate but laggy in 3D modeling (moderate complexity) but the low end firepro card is not supported for the speciffic function on the given program release.
A warning is in place, I could not set up the firepro card on my system that had quadro in it for a few years no matter what driver I installed and uninstalled, given that formating the drive wasn’t an option i put the card in an AMD apu system that had Amd graphic drivers and it was a breeze installing the firepro drivers and running my CAD program, till the mentioned 3D functionality. I think that Nvidia has put some goblins, that repell the AMD branded cards.
As you see, a whole lot of mess for an individual to go through…