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Greetings.
I wanted to know which professional graphics card to buy. My budget is $300.
I would like to use the following software:
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, CATIA, Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Adobe Premiere, eyeOn Fusion, AfterEffects, Nuke, Photoshop and similar software.
If I go in for a Quadro or a FirePro, the options (sub - $300 category) are pretty sparse.
1. NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
2. AMD FirePro v5700 / v4800
3. (Haven't come across any other decent ones, so please add to this list.)
On the other hand, if I purchase a Radeon 4870 and soft-mod it, at-least theoretically, it is supposed to perform like the FirePro v8700.
Or a GeForce 8800 GTX (or Ultra) and soft-mod it to Quadro FX 4600/5600.
[I wonder if the soft-mods will work with Windows 7 64 bit though?]
So I have 2 questions:
1. Should I go in for a soft-modded card or a genuine Quadro / FirePro?
2. If you answered soft-modded card to Q1, then which one?
If you answered genuine card to Q1, then which one?
Thanks a lot.
I wanted to know which professional graphics card to buy. My budget is $300.
I would like to use the following software:
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, CATIA, Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Adobe Premiere, eyeOn Fusion, AfterEffects, Nuke, Photoshop and similar software.
If I go in for a Quadro or a FirePro, the options (sub - $300 category) are pretty sparse.
1. NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
2. AMD FirePro v5700 / v4800
3. (Haven't come across any other decent ones, so please add to this list.)
On the other hand, if I purchase a Radeon 4870 and soft-mod it, at-least theoretically, it is supposed to perform like the FirePro v8700.
Or a GeForce 8800 GTX (or Ultra) and soft-mod it to Quadro FX 4600/5600.
[I wonder if the soft-mods will work with Windows 7 64 bit though?]
So I have 2 questions:
1. Should I go in for a soft-modded card or a genuine Quadro / FirePro?
2. If you answered soft-modded card to Q1, then which one?
If you answered genuine card to Q1, then which one?
Thanks a lot.