okcnaline said:
Tom's Hardware has done a review.
There are two reviews that I have found somewhat helpful, though they are not really giving me quality answers like I expected. These two are the
GTX 760 Review, and the
Workstation Graphics Card Comparisons. While you can cross-reference a few numbers here, I find it strange that the GTX 760 review says it's a DX benchmark, and the Workstation comparisons say they're OGL benchmarks. When you cross-reference the few cards that are in common, they are the same benchmarks; and I find that a little odd. Either something/someone messed up on the charts, or there's something I'm overlooking/missing. For all I know, you get identical handlings with both OGL and DX in AutoCAD? It just seems a little... askew.
drinkingcola86 said:
I run a 7950 for my AutoCAD and it is a very great performing card. I would look towards something like the 760 or r9 280. From what i've seen in reviews, which is limited, the r9 280 is better in the 2d side and the 760 is better in the 3d side of autoCAD.
Can you give me a bit more explanation than that? I have read on a few other forums/websites that Intel cards handle it better, because it "was made to work with CUDA cores," or something along those lines. I have a hard time believing this, because the list of
Certified Hardware for my copy doesn't claim it really supports any of the hardware I've mentioned. Now, it may not be too different in performance, but is stability an issue? Any real problems that arise from not being a supported card?
BigBadBeef said:
R9 280 is the most powerful card you get for the money. You know that old saying... more is better!
That isn't always the case. In this case, there is very little difference between the r9 280 and the 760; it's a little bit, but there isn't too much difference. I did notice that the 760 did outperform the 7970 GHz edition (which is basically what the R9 280 is) in the two articles I linked earlier in this comment. Given that, I think the 760 might be the better choice.
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I take it the 760 is a solid card when it comes to video editing/production, and gaming? I haven't heard too much about the 760, as I don't know many people who game. I've seen the benchmarks, and read sloppy reviews, but they're all pointing to it being a good choice. If that's the case, I guess I can't really go wrong with either the 280 or the 760. I do wish I had some information concerning the 750 Ti, and the 270X, however. It is nice knowing that the more expensive cards can keep up decently with the workstation cards, but I would like to know if it's really worth paying the extra for. For the extra $30-40 I spend, I could almost double my storage space, get some extra necessities, or pay off a third of my motorcycle insurance lol. If I won't see too much of a difference in what I'm doing (in all three aspects), there's no sense in getting a higher end card. I could save up to $100 by getting the 750 Ti if that's really all I need.
Thoughts? And when I say thoughts, I really want some help here. I've been spending my whole night looking into this, and finding very little helpful information that I can use. Most the information is airing on performance/cost ratio, but that is
not what I'm looking for in the grand scheme of things.