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Akash_000

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Hello everyone, I've been doing quite a bit of poking around, but I still can't seem to get enough information to make a definite decision.
I'm in the need of a graphics card that can be used for both workstation applications and gaming.

I'll be continuing to use:
AutoCAD
Mastercam
Serfcam
Fusion360
Draft site
Solid works
And Artrage (to pass time)

However I do some light gaming here and there.

I've been using a GTX 950 for this, but finds that it does seem to be overwhelmed when using mastercam, serfcam, solid works, and/or fusion 360

Simply put, should I just opt for a FirePro W4300 or will the GTX 950 be able to keep up when I start drafting more complex pieces? (While light gaming is still possible)

I see the Radeon Pro Duo is designed with the thought of work and play in mind, but I can't justify spending $1500.00 for essentially 2 R9 furys'

Thanks for any input
 
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King Dranzer
There is a good possibility of TITAN X PASCAL getting bottle necked by FX 8320 because in games it does bottleneck even GTX1060 so would recommend getting better CPU and Mobo first and then upgrading GPU in future when you have money. Get i5-6600K and Z170 motherboard it will cost you around $400 including RAM then save the remaining $600 add few more to it and get TITAN X PASCAL after few months. Probably the price will go down to $1000(I hope it goes down).
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King Dranzer

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In present time the best GPU for professional work and gaming is TITAN X PASCAL which has 25% gain in performance over its followup GTX1080. But the GTX1080 was made mainly for gaming whereas TITAN X PASCAL was made for both purposes equally. Therefore even NVIDIA admits that TITAN X PASCAL will perform lot better than even upcoming GTX1080Ti in professional tasks.

If your budget allows get it
 
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Akash_000

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Sorry about that King Dranzer, still getting used to this place, I haven't really looked at the Titan line because quite frankly I could never really afford it but that is a beast. I'll keep it in mind, to add to that, how well does it compare to Quadros'?
 
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There was another thread in this forum which had requirement of 3D rendering and modeling 3-4weeks back. Then I had chat with NVIDIA and they told me that TITAN X PASCAL is the best suited card for work like that over old gen Quadro and sits only next to upcoming Quadro P6000 unless the work requires ECC codec which is not supported by TITAN X PASCAL and only possible for Quadro cards as they have ECC memory and driver support for that. I don't think at this level you or most of the people require ECC VRAM support for rendering. Besides that this TITAN X PASCAL is different form rest of the TITAN lineup as the old ones were made with gaming in mind but this new one was made for professional support as well as gaming purpose.

Don't know how far can you push your budget. Can you please provide max budget you can push in.
 
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As I explained unless you want rendering applied to ECC VRAM which requires ECC VRAM and suitable drivers for it TITAN X PASCAL stands only next to Quadro P6000 which is flagship model of new Pascal Quadro series. This makes it second best card suitable for the job. And the price difference between them is a big one. Quadro P6000 comes with a tag of $4000 but TITAN X PASCAL has tag of $1200.
 
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There is a good possibility of TITAN X PASCAL getting bottle necked by FX 8320 because in games it does bottleneck even GTX1060 so would recommend getting better CPU and Mobo first and then upgrading GPU in future when you have money. Get i5-6600K and Z170 motherboard it will cost you around $400 including RAM then save the remaining $600 add few more to it and get TITAN X PASCAL after few months. Probably the price will go down to $1000(I hope it goes down).
 
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