Video card?

[Saultspics]

Will the Geforce gtx 560 work better than Quadro 600 for Mastercam? This will be in a new computer running Windows 7.

[jeff]

Will the Geforce gtx 560 work better than Quadro 600 for Mastercam? This will be in a new computer running Windows 7.

 

The GTX560 isn't that great of a card, I have the GTX580 and it's pretty solid for Mastercam.

[Guest]

A GTX card will NEVER work better than a "good" Quadro card

 

I have been down the road on many cards, and yes they will RUN, they will NOT excel

 

It ALL comes down to the implementation and support of OpenGL, NVS, GTX, GTS none of them use the full implementation drivers that teh CAD, FX card use.

 

 

That just IS

[Saultspics]

I have the Quadro 600 on my Windows XP machine and it is not working well with big files in verify. I am look at getting a new computer with windows 7. I need to get the best bang for the buck I know that a Quadro 2000 is not an option.

 

An input on a computer under $1500 is welcomed.

[Guest]

A Quadro 2000 is not that much money, under $400

 

For a system that makes a company money and you're working with complex models, that's a fools decision not to buy it

 

The 600 is the entry level card, you do not sound like you have entry level work

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

I'm using a GTX560 for simple mold work and it's serving me pretty well. MCX file sizes around 30MB. I'd say it's hard to beat the gaming cards for the price; if you need more it will cost more.

 

I'd love to see a verify benchmark thread. That way we could see what really works for what kind of file.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Okay, so the Quadro 2000 is $399, which makes the cost comparable GeForce card the GTX670. Now all we need are two otherwise comparable systems with those cards and we can run a test.

[Zoober]

I have the GTX 660 on my new laptop, and see no big difference vs my work pc with a quadro.

Except my laptop is generally much faster than my work pc.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Which Quadro do you have on your work PC?

[gcode]

My Dell refurb at home came with an FX-3800

My Dell/Solidbox at work has an FX-4800

Codebreaker's newer Solidbox has a the new Quadro-4000

and yes.. you can tell the difference between the cards running big files

The new Quadro-2000 has better specs than my old FX-3800.. and it's quite a bit cheaper too.

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Guys, if he's looking for a PC for under $1500 he's obviously not looking for maximum performance on huge files. I have had a Windows 7 64 bit PC running a GTX560 Ti graphics card for quite a while and have no problems with it.

 

We just ordered a new PC for $810 delivered. It's coming from Cyberpower PC. It will be mostly used for Mill Level 1 and Wire programming with Mastercam but I am confident that it will do just fine on most Mill Level 3 stuff as well since we have another similarly configured PC in the shop already. I really like Cyberpower because their website makes it extremely easy to configure a new PC with whatever I want.

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[Saultspics]

Thanks for all of the info.

[Shawn Wentzel- Wenteq Inc]

My Dell refurb at home came with an FX-3800

My Dell/Solidbox at work has an FX-4800

Codebreaker's newer Solidbox has a the new Quadro-4000

and yes.. you can tell the difference between the cards running big files

The new Quadro-2000 has better specs than my old FX-3800.. and it's quite a bit cheaper too.

 

So what is better, a FX-4800 or the Quadro-2000. I am looking at a new card too.

[jeff]

So what is better, a FX-4800 or the Quadro-2000. I am looking at a new card too.

If your choosing between those 2 cards, I would go with the 2000.

[heavychevy2155]

I have a Quadro 2000 in my Dell T3500. I only run level 1 toolpaths, but I do use Dynamic toolpaths all the time and its fast!! I'm in business to make money and if I'm sitting around waiting on my computer, or restarting the comp from a crash I'm not making money. I can't remember the last time my computer locked up or crashed. You spend hundred's of thousands on machines, and tens of thousands on software but you cant spend 2000-3000 on a computer. I really don't see why you would go cheap on a computer, you are just leaving so much money on the table it's not even funny.

[gcode]

^^^^^^^ bingo ^^^^^^^^