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    Default Graphics Card For Revit

    Specs. for my PC:
    Intel
    Xeon CPU 2.80Ghz Dual Processor
    2GB Ram
    NVIDIA Quadro FX3000 installed.

    I am planning to upgrade to a better graphics cards.
    Which Graphics card is best for Revit which will give me good performance without cracking my wallet.

    Thanks guys

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    That sounds like a very old computer. P4 Netburst based. Your motherboard likely uses an AGP slot (old technology) for the video card. If that's the case, there's nothing to "upgrade" to.

    Why do you want to upgrade the video card?

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    A new graphics card will do nothing to speed up Revit, but some graphics cards are much more stable than others. I have a Quadro FX1500 which is rock solid in Revit 2008 and 2009.

    4Gb of Ram and a faster processor will be much more beneficial, but you may need a new PC for a Core 2 Duo based processor.

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Dobson View Post
    A new graphics card will do nothing to speed up Revit, but some graphics cards are much more stable than others. I have a Quadro FX1500 which is rock solid in Revit 2008 and 2009.

    4Gb of Ram and a faster processor will be much more beneficial, but you may need a new PC for a Core 2 Duo based processor.
    I agree with Andrew. I have a Quadro FX1700 and another guy has the Quadro FX4600 he has seen no performance gain over mine and his was about $1000 more. Our 3D Max guy even swapped his card ($2000+ Graphics Card) for the Quadro FX1700 because it was more stable. I don't know that going over 3GB of RAM helps unless you are running 64bit and if that's the case load it up. Processor speed and cores are crucial, especially when rendering.

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    I posted one of the fastest rendering benchmarks in the old Accurender benchmark thread using only a Quadro FX550 128MB card (dual DVI out). A big honkin' graphics card really is a waste of money for Revit purposes. You'd be better off upgrading processors, memory, etc.

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    I have very good experience with the Quadro FX 4600 (and the Quadro FX 3600 for laptops). But as Andrew said, a good graphic card will speed up any 3d application except for Revit.

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    I have found the following:

    3Gb Ram with 3Gb switch off = stable, but only on smaller models (Revit only gets 2Gb RAM)
    3Gb Ram with the 3Gb switch on = stable on smaller models but unstable on larger ones as Revit tires to hog all of the available memory
    4Gb Ram with the 3GB switch on = most stable (Revit can use 3Gb, Windows gets about 500Mb)

    I havent triend using more than 4Gb Ram on a 64-bit OS

    Ram is cheap - it costs hardly anything to upgrade to 4Gb and the stability benefits are really worth the cost.

    Quad Core is no faster than dual core except for when rendering. 3Ghz Core 2 Duo will be faster than 2.4Ghz Quad Core for day to day use.

    By a workstation graphics card for stability not speed - Quadro FX1500 is more than adequate.

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Dobson View Post
    By a workstation graphics card for stability not speed - Quadro FX1500 is more than adequate.
    That costs about 3 times as much as an FX 550 and 2 times as much as an FX 560, both of which are more than adequate for Revit. The difference of the 560 over the 550 is about 50% faster memory bandwidth.

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Dobson View Post
    I have found the following:

    3Gb Ram with 3Gb switch off = stable, but only on smaller models (Revit only gets 2Gb RAM)
    3Gb Ram with the 3Gb switch on = stable on smaller models but unstable on larger ones as Revit tires to hog all of the available memory
    4Gb Ram with the 3GB switch on = most stable (Revit can use 3Gb, Windows gets about 500Mb)

    I havent triend using more than 4Gb Ram on a 64-bit OS

    Ram is cheap - it costs hardly anything to upgrade to 4Gb and the stability benefits are really worth the cost.

    Quad Core is no faster than dual core except for when rendering. 3Ghz Core 2 Duo will be faster than 2.4Ghz Quad Core for day to day use.

    By a workstation graphics card for stability not speed - Quadro FX1500 is more than adequate.
    Hey there,
    Does this support Open GL turned on?
    Thank you
    (I am looking into upgrading my machine too.)

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    Default Re: Graphics Card For Revit

    I have been running OpenGL turned on with my FX 550 graphics card for several months now, no real issues that I've seen.

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