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