Upgrading GT 610, $100 budget (Rs. 7000)

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within next 2 days

BUDGET RANGE: USD $90-120 or Rupees 6000 to 7000 approx.

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
1) 3d modeling and sculpting, photo editing, light animation & rendering. Softwares specifically used - 3ds max, Maya, Zbrush, Mudbox, Photoshop, Topogun, etc. (Junior 3d modeling & texturing artist)
2) Light to medium level gaming - Crysis 2, Arkham Series, Nfs, etc. on low/medium settings.
3) Watching HD movies.

CURRENT SYSTEM CONFIG: Core i5 4400S @ 2.80 GHz, 1 x 8GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury, Gigabyte H81M - S, Kingston SSD 240 GB, Seagate 500GB Expansion Drive, Antec BP450PS 450w SMPS, Antec VSK 4000 Cabinet, Antec A20 CPU Cooler, Dell e2414H (1920 x 1080), Windows 10 64 bit.

PREFERRED WEBSITES FOR PARTS: Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart & Ebay India. I'll be probably purchasing it from the local market, though.

PARTS PREFERENCES: 1) Geforce - Gt 730, 740, GTX - 560, 650 (both Ti & non Ti). I'm aware that the GTX 750 is the best choice, but here it's a bit pricey. 2) I'm not well informed about any Quadro cards - will leave up to you to decide. No AMD cards, only Nvidia

OVERCLOCKING/SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Not going to, but if the card has the feature, it'll be a plus point.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1) Please suggest a card better than Zotac GT 610 2GB DDR3 Synergy edition. 2)My main purpose is modeling, sculpting & texturing even if it comes at the cost of not being able to play games. I say this in case you want to recommend any Quadro cards.

Thanks in advance.


 
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Yes, your hierarchy looks accurate. An entry level Quadro will be 10K INR or more. Depending on the particular software, GTX models can do a good enough job compared to a Quadro.

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@Archaic59 thank you for your reply. I agree with you, the GT 730 has got some great reviews, and I plan to buy it as its the cheapest.

Two questions though. 1)In case the local market rates are low and I'm able to buy a better card, would you say the following is correct -
GTX 750 ti>GTX 750>GTX 650 Ti > GTX 650>GTX 560 Ti>GTX> 560 Ti>Gt 740>Gt 730? 2) Could you share some light on the Quadro cards in this case?