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    • hellnbakH
      hellnbak
      last edited by

      I just ordered this card from Newegg. Good choice, bad choice? I'm not concerned with rendering, only SU.

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      • mitcorbM
        mitcorb
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        I found this link:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_500_Series
        In case you wanted to look at it. This page also links to other model numbers/series. The device you ordered is a branded, or repackaged nVidia unit. I do not know what that may mean at the end of the day, other than they would be like a vendor/ distributor.

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          guyds1
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          @unknownuser said:

          Nvidia all the way. I've had nothing but problems with ati cards and sketchup. I have the gtx560 and it works great.

          Do you have the regular 560 or the TI version ?
          What are your system specs ?

          As I said before sketchup works much smoother with my GTX560 in comparison to my previous 8800GT, but now that my model is growing I'm starting to see some slowdowns from time to time when I set the faces to "shaded with textures".
          Fortunately it's nothing dramatic yet, but my model isn't halfway... 😒

          (FYI: I have no 3d trees or other "heavy" 3d objects in my model)

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            guyds1
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            @hellnbak said:

            I just ordered this card from Newegg. Good choice, bad choice? I'm not concerned with rendering, only SU.

            As my GTX560 is a huge improvement in comparison to my 8800GT, I would expect this 570 with 2560MB RAM ( 😮 ) to perform very very good.

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            • hellnbakH
              hellnbak
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              Well, I've installed my new card and have been putting it thru it's paces all day, and I must say it has made a huge difference in SU's performance. No more sluggishness when moving the model around, shadows come on almost immediately, and everything in general seems to be snappier.

              Just so you know, this was my old card ---
              EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked Video Card - 1024MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11, Fermi w/Limited Lifetime Warranty with Registration

              and my new card ---
              EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

              In all fairness I must say that for some time now I've suspected my old card was getting tired, so the change may in large part just be due to having a new, fresh card in place. I'll probably never know for sure, but for now I'm very happy.

              Now if I could just put one of these babies in my laptop 😒

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