“Professional” vs. “Gaming” video cards
Graphic card manufacturers typically have different product lines targeted for “gamers” and “professional users”. While the hardware setup is very similar for both cards, there are main differences in their firmware and driver. “Gamer” cards (such as Nvidia GeForce and AMD/ATI Radeon) are optimized for 3D games, where speed is more important than image quality. Typically a 3D model in a game contains a low number of polygons with textures applied to them, while polygon count is high in CAD modeling, and the quality of the stationary image of the wireframe or the shaded model is more important than navigation speed. Also, professional cards’ memory usage is optimized for using multiple application windows, while in gaming this is not relevant. Another key difference between the two product lines is the way they are delivered and supported. Professional cards (such as Nvidia Quadro and AMD FirePro ) are built according to the video chip manufacturer’s references, so you can always be sure that the driver delivered by the video chip manufacturer (e.g. Nvidia or AMD) fits your card. The manufacturers of gaming cards (such as ASUS, Sapphire, Gigabyte, PNY, etc…) may diverge from the chip manufacturer’s references, so their drivers may not be compatible with the chip manufacturer’s reference driver. Also, the product life cycle and driver release cycles are much shorter in case of gaming cards. GRAPHISOFT cooperates with:
Nvidia to test and certify video card drivers for the Nvidia Quadro FX, Nvidia Quadro and Nvidia Quadro K series. This product line is recommended by GRAPHISOFT for ArchiCAD 18.
AMD to test and certify video card drivers for the AMD Fire Pro series. This product line is recommended by GRAPHISOFT for ArchiCAD 18 as well.
wie schon erwähnt, Grafisoft empfiehlt grundsätzlich Grakas für Profi-Anwendungen. Wir haben bei uns verschiedene Modelle der FirePro-Linie verbaut und sind damit zufrieden. Kommt auch immer darauf an, ob Du das 3D voll ausschöpfen willst, also grosse komplexe Projekte komplett in 3D aufbauen willst oder nicht. Aber die W5000 ist sicher eine gute Karte um problemlos zu arbeiten.
