Our Land Surveying company has just started to delve into the world of Reality Capture, Point Clouds and consequentially 3D CAD Modelling. Our "IT" guy is a family friend of one of the directors and I've always been skeptical of his true knowledge when it came to the requirements specific to the CAD work and data processing we do. A recent job we have acquired is now in its third month of data capture and modelling and our current system were no longer being able to efficiently manage the data sets, especially when it came to 3d modelling in Autocad 2015 and creating rendered viewports for presentation. "IT" guy is brought in to upgrade my system, I explain to him what I do, show him the current issues with lag and render times when panning and viewing the model and he goes off with a $5000 budget to play with. 2 weeks later he comes back with a car load of gear, spend a night putting it together and I get to work on it the next day.
Through my own knowledge and research I knew what ideally was needed for an efficient machine. And with $5000 to play with I assumed "IT" guy would know too. Heres what I ended up with
2x512GB Marvell Raid 0
Intel i7 4820K @3.70Ghz
and heres the clincher
2x AMD R9 290X GPU cards
now with that kind of grunt I'd expect it to run remarkably faster even if they aren't specifically Workstation Cards. but I am not seeing a difference which is allowing me to maintain a workflow that isn't hindered by render times when working with the model.
So are the drivers for these cards really only specifically for gaming? and the main question is should I sell the 2 cards and replace them with Workstation Grade cards and if so which one/ones..? thanks in advance for your help.
Through my own knowledge and research I knew what ideally was needed for an efficient machine. And with $5000 to play with I assumed "IT" guy would know too. Heres what I ended up with
2x512GB Marvell Raid 0
Intel i7 4820K @3.70Ghz
and heres the clincher
2x AMD R9 290X GPU cards
now with that kind of grunt I'd expect it to run remarkably faster even if they aren't specifically Workstation Cards. but I am not seeing a difference which is allowing me to maintain a workflow that isn't hindered by render times when working with the model.
So are the drivers for these cards really only specifically for gaming? and the main question is should I sell the 2 cards and replace them with Workstation Grade cards and if so which one/ones..? thanks in advance for your help.
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