Hometec

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you I don't have a lot of hands-on experience with CA so I would not have known some of these details. Thank you all for your assistance! -Andrew on behalf of Hometec Architecture

Thank you all for your replies. Personally I favor Nvidia as well, they are known for better driver support and (because of it) better performance overall. However, they do cost more than their price-equivalents from AMD. I understand that some of you are claiming CA's support of Nvidia gaming cards, and not that I don't trust you - but can you link the web page or article where a CA developer has claimed this support? I believe you myself - but my client has a history of using workstation cards, and jumping to gaming cards to satisfy what is perceived as a workstation need will take some convincing Thank you all for your assistance. -Andrew on behalf of Hometec Architecture

Howdy. My name is Andrew, I am posting on behalf of my client. The time has come to upgrade his rig, and everything has been done save for the graphics card - hence this post. Ultimately, we don't want to drop $1k or more on a workstation card if we don't have to. My question is, what cards are most of you using, and what kind of performance are you getting from it? Another thread (related to Nvidia GPU's) mentioned that ChiefArch developers themselves recommend gaming cards to run ChiefArchitect, but I could not find a quote or anything throughout their website. My experience tells me that a gaming card should work just fine, especially when you are using the textured 3D modes - but workstations are better for those who use vector rendering. My client relies mostly on the textured views and, of course, the 2D plan view. Would a gaming card suffice, based on all of your collective experience? Personally, I would just buy the gaming cards and try them, and if my client doesn't like it we can switch to workstation. However, the time and hassle of such a procedure is not in his favor. Thanks in advance. -Andrew on behalf of Hometec Architecture