- Jun 12, 2013
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Greetings all, I have recently gotten into the CNC world and am starting to use Solidworks. My PC is a Win7x64 with 16GB RAM and an i7 2600K. I'm currently using a Nividia GTX560Ti and doing some gaming and also some work in Photoshop.
I have been reading, though, that gaming graphics cards are not "ideal" for things like Solidworks and that a "professional" graphics card (I've heard the name Quadro thrown around?) is much better as they are optimized for things relating to 3d/CAD whereas gaming cards are optimized for things like gaming (makes sense
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So I've read a couple of threads about people asking if they can game with a workstation card but I haven't really seen any threads asking about whether or not you can actually run two different cards at the same time? And then have one screen for gaming and one screen devoted to CAD (or I guess use 2 different inputs on both monitors and just switch between inputs when gaming or doing CAD?).
I guess I'm asking if I can just through another card in there and have "the best of both worlds" (not that my graphics card is the best) or if I have to make a decision and go with one or the other.
Thanks for any advice!
I have been reading, though, that gaming graphics cards are not "ideal" for things like Solidworks and that a "professional" graphics card (I've heard the name Quadro thrown around?) is much better as they are optimized for things relating to 3d/CAD whereas gaming cards are optimized for things like gaming (makes sense
)So I've read a couple of threads about people asking if they can game with a workstation card but I haven't really seen any threads asking about whether or not you can actually run two different cards at the same time? And then have one screen for gaming and one screen devoted to CAD (or I guess use 2 different inputs on both monitors and just switch between inputs when gaming or doing CAD?).
I guess I'm asking if I can just through another card in there and have "the best of both worlds" (not that my graphics card is the best) or if I have to make a decision and go with one or the other.
Thanks for any advice!
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