Graphics card question

[Anonymous]

Hello my fusion 360 running slow what low cost graphics card should i look for i have alot of ram i have 120ssd etc. would a 1 or 2 gigibyte navida work? Please help thanks

[paul.clauss]

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for posting! I am sorry to hear that Fusion 360 has been running slowly for you.

Before investing in any new hardware, it may be worth checking if limiting your effects for performance helps Fusion run a bit smoother! Also, please ensure that you are working with the most recent graphics drivers for your card - out of date drivers can often cause performance issues.

Any card that meets the minimum graphics requirements at this link should work to run Fusion - so you will have a lot of options! I use AMD Radeon R9 cards (which play nice with DirectX) in my Windows machine and the integrated Intel cards in my Mac and have not had any graphics related problems. I would also recommend having a look through the forum threads linked below for other perspectives:

• GPU Choice for Hobbyists
• Workstation CPU + Graphics Card for Fusion 360 and 3D printing uses
• video card question
• Workstation graphics card for Fusion

Hopefully this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the reply I have turned all the effects for performance off in fusions options also in my computer performance settings I set them down as well I seen on fusions website I have not did the drivers yet though thank you so after all that should I still hold off on getting a little graphics card?

[paul.clauss]

Hi @Anonymous

I would always recommend checking to see if a driver update helps with graphics issues, but would certainly never discourage you from upgrading! What graphics card are you currently using? You can easily find out by running a graphics diagnostic in Fusion - I am happy to have a look at your specs and give any recommendations I can.

[Anonymous]

Okay thank you I have the diagnostics test results in my clipboard at my house computer when I get home do you mind if I send it to you thanks again for the reply I just need some help it's much appreciated

[Anonymous]

@paul.clauss[GPU Information]
GPU Device: Intel(R) HD Graphics
GPU RAM: 32 MB (Integrated card)
GPU Driver API: DirectX 9.0
GPU Driver Version: 10.18.10.4425
GPU Driver Date: 05/12/2016

[Graphics Effects Settings]
Anti Aliasing: Off
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Object Shadow: Off
Ground Shadow: Off
Ground Reflection: Off
Selection Display Style: Simple
Transparency Effect: Better Performance

[Limit effects to optimize performance]
On

[paul.clauss]

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for posting! The integrated Intel cards sometimes require an update to the operating system to update the drivers - this may be worth looking into if you are on the fence about purchasing a new card. With that said, I have seen performance issues consistently occur with the integrated Intel cards, so an upgrade may be helpful if you have the means!

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! 

[Anonymous]

Okay so I put in a new graphics card only 512 mb but it started running a little better not as much as I want but I think we figured out the problem. My drivers were out of date but it couldn't help enough thank you for your quick reply and all your help these forms has helped me instantly every time I needed it thank you very much think I'm going to get a bigger graphics card has to be low profile but it started working better thanks again have a good one

[Anonymous]

So I put a new bigger one in now AMD radon rx-550 and it seem to have helped a little bit better I'm still having performance issues do you care if I send my Graphics diagnostics test to you after I get off work today? could you look at it again?
thank you for your time and help

[paul.clauss]

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for the response! Feel free to send over your graphics diagnostic. With regards to graphics, the things you will want to check are;

• Am I using the most recent version of my graphics drivers?
• Do I need to consider optimizing Fusion 360 for use with a high resolution monitor?
• Does performance improve if I limit graphics effects for performance in Fusion 360?
• Do I need to optimize my settings for dual graphics cards? 

Hopefully this helps! I am happy to have a look at the graphics diagnostics. Also, if you could provide a brief description of the performance issues you are experiencing (a screencast always works well for this) and a copy of your diagnostic log files (you can gather them as shown below), I am happy to have a look and provide any perspective I can.

[Anonymous]

@paul.clauss[GPU Information]
GPU Device: Radeon RX 550 Series
GPU RAM: 4096 MB
GPU Driver API: DirectX 11.0
GPU Driver Version: 22.19.662.4
GPU Driver Date: 07/26/2017

[Graphics Effects Settings]
Anti Aliasing: Off
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Object Shadow: Off
Ground Shadow: Off
Ground Reflection: Off
Selection Display Style: Simple
Transparency Effect: Better Performance

[Limit effects to optimize performance]
On

[HughesTooling]

@Anonymous You've not given any examples of what's slow. Can you attach some screen grabs or better still can you share some designs that are slow, export as an f3d and attach.

Thanks Mark

[Anonymous]

My apologies more importing and working with dxf and svgs sketching is great even exstrude is good unless i push now i cant add pic as im on phone away from my computer sorry about that also not complaining i love fusion just seeing if im missing a setting. My frist graphics card upgrade was poi tless but this 4 gb rx550 has helped alot but paul gave me good advice too. My apologies i work alot and on computer im rushing but i hope this helps out if not is fine thank you its much appreciated

[paul.clauss · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for sending over the graphics diagnostic - that should all be working well! It looks like you are also using the latest available drivers too.

To improve performance when working with inserted DXFs or SVGs, I would start by having a look through this article, which may contain some helpful tips. Also, if you'd like to illustrate the problems you are seeing with a screencast I am happy to have a look! Please let me know if you have any questions.

[Anonymous]

paul.clauss @paul.clauss ok i know i closed this but after sketching and modeling for a couple weeks I wanted to know what else i could get to speed things up? No problems on fusions360 part at all its truly amazing software. but it seems like it's not running ware i would like it to be. with a 4gb graphics card would memory or Ram help if so any suggestions. Just to speed things up No issues on Fusion 360 part it's all in my computer I was just was wondering other than graphics and settings what else could I get to speed things up thank you sorry for question after close thanks again for great software and amazing customer service.