topic Re: Graphics card in AutoCAD Forum

Graphics card

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:27:31 GMT

I currently have AutoCAD 2015 and in the process of buying new computers , which graphics card will be compatible with 2015 and 2017/2018 version of AutoCAD

I had a look at the Certified Hardware page but 2018 is not listed as an option see link below

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?id=18844534&siteID=123112

the computer specs are below

Precision Tower 5000 Series (5810)

Dell Precision Tower 5810:
Dell Precision Tower 5810 XCTO Base
Processor:
Intel® Xeon® Processor E51650
v4 (6C,3.6GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, 2400MHz, 15MB,140W)

Operating System:
Windows 7 Professional English, French,
Spanish 64bit / Windows 10 Pro

Video Card:
NVIDIA® Quadro® M4000 8GB (4 DP) (1 DP
to SLDVIadapter

RAM

32GB

Thank You in advance for any assistance

Re: Graphics card

john.vellek — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:19:39 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

At this point, the teams certify their own applications as they become available. A large part of certification is Operating System updates and patches and manufacturer driver so it will likely be later when 2018 tests will be performed.

A good starting point is to rely on the 2017 certifications.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Graphics card

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:24:42 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi

I currently have AutoCAD 2015 and in the process of buying new computers , which graphics card will be compatible with 2015 and 2017/2018 version of AutoCAD
I had a look at the Certified Hardware page but 2018 is not listed as an option see link below

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?id=18844534&siteID=123112

the computer specs are below
Precision Tower 5000 Series (5810)
Dell Precision Tower 5810:
Dell Precision Tower 5810 XCTO Base
Processor:
Intel® Xeon® Processor E51650
v4 (6C,3.6GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, 2400MHz, 15MB,140W)

Operating System:
Windows 7 Professional English, French,
Spanish 64bit / Windows 10 Pro
Video Card:
NVIDIA® Quadro® M4000 8GB (4 DP) (1 DP
to SLDVIadapter
RAM
32GB

Thank You in advance for any assistance

As 2018 is not out yet, and Autodesk is a publicly traded company, you won't find any reliable info about future releases.

Re: Graphics card

pendean — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:18:33 GMT

Xeon processors are pointless for AutoCAD, if that is the primary software your users will use.

But... Clock speed does matter, i5 or i7 (6th gen) clocked natively at 3.5ghz or higher is best.
SSD drives only, unless you are going exotic with a RAID setup.
Win10Pro: Win7 is not doing you any favors anymore. 64bit OS only.

Re: Graphics card

john.vellek — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:10:04 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

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Re: Graphics card

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:10:30 GMT

Just curious, what type of work will you be doing? Mostly 2D or 3D? Or a mix of both? Because unless you are doing some serious 3D rendering of complex models, spending over $700.00 on a video card is overkill in my opinion. For 3D, you could easily step down to a Quadro M2000 or an AMD Firepro W5100 for a lot less. And if you are mainly doing 2D, you could go with a Quadro K1200 or an AMD FirePro W4300 and you should be perfectly fine.

Or if you don't mind spending for a premium machine (and it looks like you don't) and do not want to build your own, why not check out a place like Boxx Technologies (boxxtech.com). Tell them what you want the machines for and they'll build you something that will most likely outperform and outlast the Dell. No, I do not work for them, but I have used their machines in the past and they are outstanding. And their customer service is second to none. Just a thought....

Re: Graphics card

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:09:41 GMT

Steve,
We do both.
Since we are getting into more and more BIM modeling, we had Dell make sure we were getting compatible graphic card the last time we ordered the machines. At that time, they suggested Nvidia Quadro K4200 4GB and it is also listed as compatible card when we double checked with Autodesk. To me, the card should be more than capable of what we are doing - let me know if I am wrong.
Question:
What about the monitors? Do we need to have monitors capable of handling output from graphic card? May be the monitors we have can't handle the resolutions or have wrong setting? Have you ever come across that? Here's what we have, Dell P2314H

Thanks

Tony Than
DNC Architects
301-840-1100x326

Re: Graphics card

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:36:58 GMT

Not familiar with the monitor, but a quick search indicates that it has DisplayPort 1.2 as does the card, so I would assume they would be compatible. DP1.2 should be able to go up to 4K resolution, so you should be able to use just about any monitor, depending on it's inputs. Personally, I would ask them why they are giving you an older card. The K4200 isn't shown as current on the nvidia site and it has been replaced with the M4000. They seem to retail for about the same price, but the M4000 has 8GB memory as opposed to 4.

Re: Graphics card

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:51:05 GMT

Steve,
That was the card they recommended two years ago. I am trying to do my homework before calling them so I haven't seen their recommendation.
For now, I'll select M4000 8 gb as base line and go from there. I'll let you know what they recommend

For now, thanks for all your help..

Tony Than
DNC Architects
301-840-1100x326

Re: Graphics card

bham4ever — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:54:59 GMT

Tony,

As far as Graphic Cards are concerned we have found that the GTX1070 or 1080 are the quickest cards for the money you can buy and get the most bang for your buck. The memory on the cards are now up to 8 gig. Also always go with a SSD drive to get the best performance out of Autocad. And now they have M.2 drives cheep that are even faster so I would recommend if your buying a new rig go with a M.2 SSD.

Re: Graphics card

cvlci_CAD — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:39:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Tony,
As far as Graphic Cards are concerned we have found that the GTX1070 or 1080 are the quickest cards for the money you can buy and get the most bang for your buck. The memory on the cards are now up to 8 gig. Also always go with a SSD drive to get the best performance out of Autocad. And now they have M.2 drives cheep that are even faster so I would recommend if your buying a new rig go with a M.2 SSD.

I have a GTX 1080 at home and it works well, MOST of the time. Every once it awhile Civil 3d freaks out and I have to turn off Hardware acceleration for the graphic issues to go away.

Even stranger, the other day ACAD locked up and my PC started making a weird beeping sound that wouldn't end until Civil 3d was killed in task-manager.. I have never seen anything like it. I assume it was a graphics card fluke because my sound goes through HDMI to my monitor.

@i7-6900k @ 4.2

64gb RAM

512gb M.2

2x 1tb SSD

GTX 1080

34" LG Ultrawide