topic Re: video card in AutoCAD Forum

video card

tsmanager — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:45:06 GMT

We are planning to use Autodesk 2017 Suite. We have a computer spec out with Radeon RX 480. Does any one have Autodesk products running on this card? Autocad 2017 will mainly be used.

Requirements indicate directx 11 compatible, but most video cards with high end systems now run directx 12. Can anyone comment on this? Recommendations on a known working video card with Autodesk 2017?

Re: video card

lanl — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:14:00 GMT

Hi tsmanager,

Try to have a look at this:

http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Video-Card-Configuration-Troubleshooting-Guide.html

Thanks.

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Re: video card

tsmanager — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 22:41:31 GMT

Thank you Lei. The Radeon RX 480 specs is much higher than FirePro W5100 (which cost a little more), would the Radeon RX480 run AutoCAD better?

Re: video card

john.vellek — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:27:53 GMT

Hi @tsmanager,

I personally don't have experience with either card. I see though that the Firepro is considered a Workstation class card and is designed for CAD type operations whereas the RX480 is designed as a gaming card.

While I personally would try the newer 4th gen RX480 ( I like to live on the edge), it might be worth sometime reading reviews. I have one link here to get you started.

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Re: video card

tsmanager — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:06:48 GMT

Thank you for the response.

Re: video card

BjAndersson — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:50:25 GMT

I realize that this is an older post with a "Solved" question, but feel that the question is not really "solved".

I do have personal experience with using the AMD Radeon RX 480 video card on a new DELL XPS computer & Windows 10 PRO OS. I use the Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium along with SketchUP PRO. The video card appears to have no problem with REVIT and SketchUP. They operate without issue. AutoCAD and ACA occasionally get strange "ghosts" or "artifacts" as I call them in a drawing that will disappear when I to a RegenAll, but they soon reappear. I also experience an annoying flicker on the left and right of my main video screen (I use 3 monitors) whenever I ARRAYEDIT or edit a block in place. This "flicker" does not go away until I close and restart AutoCAD/ACA. I have played with the "Graphics Performance" settings in "Options" and even with Hardware acceleration turned off, the "Flicker" still occurs. I also get strange unexplained crashes on occasion and I.T. says it is because I am not using an Autodesk "Certified" video card. Whether this is true or not, I cannot say, but I do have experience trying video cards that were not acceptable for CADD use and they did not act like this card. I'm inclined to say these crashes are caused by something else. I am using older flat screen monitors. They work just fine for everything else. It may be a subject for further homework later.

If you can live with the "ghosts" and "flicker" and closing AutoCAD/ACA when you can't stand it any longer, the RX 480 video card an acceptable card until you can find something better - or work only in REVIT. Its a shame, because the RX 480's specs look really good and with 8MB of RAM it holds such promise. Now if only AMD will write a proper driver for use with AutoCAD/ACA it would be a real keeper.

Re: video card

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:06:46 GMT

This problem was for me, when i used with the latest drivers from AMD try to use the driver version 16.7.1 with this driver version that problem gone.