- May 27, 2015
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Hello everyone,
I'm a student of architecture. So, soon I'll have to work with softwares like autocad, sketchup etc. Now, I have a PC which I built in 2012. But since I am not into gaming, I never bought a graphics card. The onboard graphics was enough for me. But now, I need to get a dedicated graphics for using those softwares. Speaking of softwares, as of now, primarily we'll be using CAD, Photoshop and Sketchup. Sometimes we also might be using Revit, 3ds Max etc. So my big question is should I get a normal consumer card or one of those professional ones? Now, I've done some research over the internet. Mostly they say, professional cards like Firepro/quadro are basically the same thing as Radeon/Geforce but with a much higher price tag. Obviously, as a student, I can't afford for the high end ones. My budget is as low as possible, best if within 200$. Hence, My options aren't much. On the quadro/firepro side I can afford a Quadro 600 or Firepro v4800 at max, which are quite old cards. On the consumer card side, I can get a Geforce GTX 750 at max. Also, there are the cheap old cards like GT 610/630 etc... So what do you people say? What should I go for?
Thank you. Any help will be appreciated.
My specs:
i5-2420
Asus P8H67-M pro
8gb corsair ram
500gb Seagate HD (will be upgrading to a SSD soon)
LG 1080p monitor.
I'm a student of architecture. So, soon I'll have to work with softwares like autocad, sketchup etc. Now, I have a PC which I built in 2012. But since I am not into gaming, I never bought a graphics card. The onboard graphics was enough for me. But now, I need to get a dedicated graphics for using those softwares. Speaking of softwares, as of now, primarily we'll be using CAD, Photoshop and Sketchup. Sometimes we also might be using Revit, 3ds Max etc. So my big question is should I get a normal consumer card or one of those professional ones? Now, I've done some research over the internet. Mostly they say, professional cards like Firepro/quadro are basically the same thing as Radeon/Geforce but with a much higher price tag. Obviously, as a student, I can't afford for the high end ones. My budget is as low as possible, best if within 200$. Hence, My options aren't much. On the quadro/firepro side I can afford a Quadro 600 or Firepro v4800 at max, which are quite old cards. On the consumer card side, I can get a Geforce GTX 750 at max. Also, there are the cheap old cards like GT 610/630 etc... So what do you people say? What should I go for?
Thank you. Any help will be appreciated.
My specs:
i5-2420
Asus P8H67-M pro
8gb corsair ram
500gb Seagate HD (will be upgrading to a SSD soon)
LG 1080p monitor.
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