Topic: [Answered] WHICH QUADRO SERIES GRAPHIC CARD TO BUY?

[ROANK MOONDRA]

Hi Team Lumion,

The thing is due to my other software requirements like that in 3ds max and sketchup i cant purchase a GTX series graphic card the above mentioned softwares need a Quadro series graphic card so,
If i have to purchase a graphic card and that to in Quadro series only which card should i go for so as to render "ULTRA COMPLEX SCENES" in Lumion...please help

Respectfully
RONAK MOONDRA

[Morten]

Hi Ronak, we would recommend buying a GTX graphics card instead of a Quadro card.

Nvidia Quadro cards are graphics cards with "certified" drivers for CAD applications which make them 3-4x as expensive as GTX cards for no apparent reason.

Most of our customers use Nvidia GTX cards and Revit, SketchUp, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, SketchUp etc still work perfectly fine in terms of performance. In other words, there's no downside to buying a GTX card instead of an (over-priced) Quadro card.

To be able to work on ultra-complex scenes, we would recommend the GTX 1080 Ti. The equivalent Quadro card would be the P6000.

However, the P6000 is so expensive that you could buy a second high-end PC for the price of it.

Check out all of the the PassMark scores here:
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

And there's more information about picking a graphics card with the right PassMark points for your projects in this article:

Knowledge Base article: Which graphics card do you need?

Hope this helps.

[ROANK MOONDRA]

Morton,

Will 3ds Max run smoothly on  1080ti, as most of my work will circler around Lumion And Max??

[peterm]

Hi ROANK MOONDRA

Yes.  Both Morten and I, plus the developers use 3ds Max on various GTX based platforms, and it runs smoothly.  We are generally not doing modelling all day, but do require from time to time to open highly complex models made by other customers, and those work OK.

If there was a problem it could be hardware, or a 3ds Max, or other system related problems.

Let us know if there's anything else we can help with.


DISCLAIMER: Please note that the above does not mean that I or Act-3D endorse specific products. We are unable to offer any guarantees regarding the expected performance in Lumion with the above-mentioned hardware, and you cannot hold us liable for any costs or damages incurred if you purchase hardware based on our posts on this forum or via email.