Which graphic card to get?
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I' buying a graphic card... my main concern it's Maxwell and Sketchup. Any card recommendations?
I'm still using sketchup 5, because sketchup 6 and 7 ran the same sketchupfiles way slower
What is the difference between the EVGA GTX 260 and the EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked Edition
I'm planing to water cool it and overclock it anyway.I was also looking at theEVGA GTX 275, but if the 260 will be sufficient, I would rather spend the money somewhere else
thanks!
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I also use SU and Maxwell. I have a few computers between home and work. So I have an 8800 on one, an 8800GT on another, and a Quadro FX 3700 on another. I've never really seen a noticeable difference from one machine to another in terms of graphics card performance issues. SU seems to play nice with anything nVidia so I think you're safe there. Either of those cards looked fine to me. I don't see a compelling reason offhand to jump to the higher price but I'm not really familiar with those particular cards.
I'd forget spending the extra money on the overclocked cards though. My understanding is that it's the exact same card, it's just that they've bumped up the clock speeds a bit at the factory. You can do the same thing yourself, typically with the software that comes with the card.
Good choice on EVGA, btw. I believe they've got a life time garantee. I think even if you overclock the card till it melts they'll replace it. Never had to find out personally though.
-Brodie
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As I explained in another thread, I just upgraded my card thinking I would see an improvement in navigation within SketchUp. I saw no difference at all. SketchUp is far more CPU-heavy than GPU-heavy.
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is there any reason why sketchup 5 would run smoother and handle bigger scenes than v6 or V7?
thanks
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unless you forgot to turn hardware acceleration on (it isnt on by default) i dont know why 6 and 7 would have been slow for you.
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SU seems to be very persnickity about drivers too. May be that when you try 6 or 7 that it might help to update your video card driver as well. On the other hand sometimes the newest drivers aren't the best so if that still doesn't help you can post to see who else has your video card and see what driver they're using.
-Brodie
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@unknownuser said:
SU seems to be very persnickity about drivers too. May be that when you try 6 or 7 that it might help to update your video card driver as well. On the other hand sometimes the newest drivers aren't the best so if that still doesn't help you can post to see who else has your video card and see what driver they're using.
-Brodie
My other PC has an old ATI All-in-Wonder card with a driver I downloaded when I bought the card. I wouldn't dream of upgrading the driver that has now run all SU versions from ver.3 OK (if I keep Fast Feedback off). I have tried to keep the "if it works, don't fiddle with it" rule.
Anssi
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@anssi said:
@unknownuser said:
SU seems to be very persnickity about drivers too. May be that when you try 6 or 7 that it might help to update your video card driver as well. On the other hand sometimes the newest drivers aren't the best so if that still doesn't help you can post to see who else has your video card and see what driver they're using.
-Brodie
My other PC has an old ATI All-in-Wonder card with a driver I downloaded when I bought the card. I wouldn't dream of upgrading the driver that has now run all SU versions from ver.3 OK (if I keep Fast Feedback off). I have tried to keep the "if it works, don't fiddle with it" rule.
Anssi
If you're one of the few lucky folks who's got an ATI card running SU with any degree of stability then I'd say you're spot on to leave it the heck alone! You've got someone up there looking out for you
-Brodie
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