Quadro P2000 vs Quadro P4000

[Aadithya01]

Hey Guys ,

While working primarily with Inventor Pro 2018 Assemblies having at the max upto 2800 parts . Should I opt for a Quadro P2000 graphic card or Quadro P4000 graphic card ?  

Also what issues will I face if I choose P2000 instead of P4000 (say for some budget constraint). Will my system's performance go down drastically ? 

 

Kindly help me 

Regards 

Aadithya

[mdavis22569]

Define Dramatic? 

How big of an assembly are you looking at? 

Are you getting into VR / Rendering etc?

I don't think it would be enough for me to say I'm going to wait and save up ...

found this:

http://www.aecmag.com/technology-mainmenu-35/1258-review-nvidia-quadro-p2000-and-quadro-p4000-for-ca...

[Frederick_Law]

What are you using now?  How well does it handle the files now?

I'll say go for P4000 if you can afford it.

Graphic card affect performance when you are changing view in 3D model.  Generally, I don't find it slow down too much.  It also depends on what the parts are: native Inventor files, imported surface, solid, autocad sketch.  You can turn down visual quality to get better performance.  You don't need to look at raytraced image all the time.

How long will this project last?  Will it grow to 3000+ parts?

Usually you should get as much as you can afford.

Get as much memory you can get.  I think i7 can support up to 64GB.  Xeon can go higher.

Fastest CPU you can get.  Inventor doesn't fully use multi-processor, yet.  So pick higher clock rate instead of core count.

SSD will help on files loading and saving time.

Video card as fast as you can get.

[mdavis22569]

I agree with @Frederick_Law

get what you can avoid .... but with the cards and software changing ... that card could be just ok for 2019 (I doubt it, but just saying) 

I would look at what you'll be doing, and if you really need it.

Cards are going crazy right now. They are double and triple due to the bitcoin hype .... 

[dgorsman]

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@mdavis22569 wrote:

Cards are going crazy right now. They are double and triple due to the bitcoin hype .... 

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For resale, yes - while some are scrambling to set up mining rigs, they're willing to pay insane amounts of money for hardware (most will be very lucky to break even, few have done any real budget calcs).  Others are purchasing them strictly for resale hoping to make a killing.  The store-front prices aren't increasing, but they're having difficulty keeping things in stock.

It's "Tickle me Elmo" all over again. 

[mdavis22569]

It's crazy ... if you look at Newegg they are twice the cost now and out of stock.

I'm on hold building a new PC till the stupidity comes back to normal levels ...

[dgorsman]

Thankfully I picked up a GTX 1060 6 GB late last year.  I was going to get a second for better GPU rendering performance...

[Aadithya01]

Hey @mdavis22569

The modelling in Inventor will be for Mining Equipments . So mostly will be working with assemblies of larger size say max upto 3000 . 

Also there is no necessity for VR 

@Frederick_Law - Each project will last minimum upto 6 months and max upto say 2 years . 

Also @mdavis22569 - yes I saw that the opening time for large assemblies in 2019 is going to be faster than 2018 . 

@Frederick_Law@mdavis22569 - Shall I conclude this thread by saying that when it comes to medium level assemblies say upto 2500 to 3000 parts it is better to opt for P4000 instead of P2000 ... ??

[Frederick_Law · Accepted solution]

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@Aadithya01 wrote:

@Frederick_Law - Each project will last minimum upto 6 months and max upto say 2 years . 

@Frederick_Law - Shall I conclude this thread by saying that when it comes to medium level assemblies say upto 2500 to 3000 parts it is better to opt for P4000 instead of P2000 ... ??

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Yes, go for P4000.  It'll work for multiple projects and assemblies only grow bigger.

[mdavis22569]

If you can afford it then yes ... I would do it 

but at the same time ... look at the i7-8700 6 core 

[dgorsman]

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@mdavis22569 wrote:

If you can afford it then yes ... I would do it 

but at the same time ... look at the i7-8700 6 core 

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Already there.

[Frederick_Law]

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@mdavis22569 wrote:

but at the same time ... look at the i7-8700 6 core 

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Maybe wait till Meltdown and Spectre got resolve on next gen CPU.

Unless you really need a computer now.