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Hi all!! I am looking for all of your infinite wisdom!! :welcome:

 

I am getting a new computer soon. I am currently running Mastercam X5 and Catia V5.

 

The New computer I am looking at is:

 

Dell T7500

Zeon 6 Core 3.4g processer

24 gigs of ram.

 

Right now the Catia guys are recommending a ATI Firepro 4800

 

My Question is: What Graphics card plays well with Mastercam? :question:

 

I have about a $6000 budget to do this…..What Would be your dream machine??? :thumbsup:

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You're going to want a Quadro video card for Mastercam

 

Mastercam does not play well with ATI cards

 

talk to Mike at Solidbox look at the Carbide line

great service and really good machines..

 

They sell Dell workstations with Dell warranties at 10 to 15% off Dell prices

We're running 3 of them here and just ordered a fourth

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I am updateing every mold I work on in Catia so we have a true representation of math data to what is on the shop floor and I will be uploading to Smart Team also. Plus still doing all the programming. These are good computers but we want to get the top of the line with the budget...

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I am updateing every mold I work on in Catia so we have a true representation of math data to what is on the shop floor and I will be uploading to Smart Team also. Plus still doing all the programming. These are good computers but we want to get the top of the line with the budget...

 

Aren't you glad I initiated that? That's how I got the Cat seat. More like this :rtfm:

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Here are Mastercam's recommendations... out dated IMO

they state Open-GL compatible.. and I believe Nvidia Quadro is the only Open-Gl compatible card left on the market.

 

Which card to buy depends on what you're doing

 

Nvidia Line card

 

 

If you're doing simple 2d lathe and mill you could probably get by with an FX 580

the more surfacing and 5 axis work you do the more card you need.

The more card you have, the better Verify will run ... at some point, in complex / large surfacing jobs

Verify will crap out on you, no matter what hardware you're running.... but high end video cards

do help and increase your work envelope

 

For mid level work the new Quadro 2000 is a petty good card

 

We are running FX-3800's on our older work stations and Quardo 4000's on the newer ones..

 

The 4000 is a sweet card

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