Help!! Plz 1060 vs 970 vs quadro??

[Israel_yuma]

Hi linustechtips comunity i need your help to decide between a 1060 6gb vs 970 vs a quadro card all on the budget of 350$, so a low end quadro would be better for autocad 17, lumion 7, sketchup 2017, vray 3 and vector 10??? I dont find any clear answer on the internet, also no gaming at all on that pc is pure work. Pc specs: ryzen 1600, b350 tomahok 32 gb corsair dominator. Thanks for your help and sorry for my bad english Im from south america, Bolivia 

[Damascus]

Hmm, what model of  Quadro exactly?  also, where are you located right now?  A 1070 can be had for $350

[Israel_yuma]

A quadro that can fit my budget 400 max a 1060 320$ here and 1070 500$ no quadros in my country but i can buy one from amazon so the options are 1060, 970, k620 or get money from somewhere and get a k2200 is it worthed for those programs?

[smokefest]

Just now, Israel_yuma said:

A quadro that can fit my budget 400 max a 1060 320$ here and 1070 500$ no quadros in my country but i can buy one from amazon so the options are 1060, 970, k620 or get money from somewhere and get a k2200 is it worthed for those programs?

get the 1060

[Israel_yuma]

Wont there be any compatiblity issues? Thanks for the fast replies guys!!! ?

[Damascus]

look at the number of CUDA cores and the clock speed.  The k620 isn't very good though so get a 1060 6gb or a 970/980

[AntonChigurh]

2 minutes ago, Israel_yuma said:

A quadro that can fit my budget 400 max a 1060 320$ here and 1070 500$ no quadros in my country but i can buy one from amazon so the options are 1060, 970, k620 or get money from somewhere and get a k2200 is it worthed for those programs?

Get the 1060. Whatever you do, don't get the Quadro

[Israel_yuma]

Thanks guys so for compatibility issues should i get 1060 or 970/980

[smokefest]

2 minutes ago, Israel_yuma said:

Wont there be any compatiblity issues? Thanks for the fast replies guys!!! ?

No compatibility issues... For graphics card all you need to do is check for a PCI-E slot. Of course there are generation of PCI-E slots but nowadays unless you have like a 7 years old motherboard, you don't even have to bother about that all boards have PCI-E 3.0 16X anyway.

 

Just put it in !  

[smokefest]

Just now, Israel_yuma said:

Thanks guys so for compatibility issues should i get 1060 or 970/980

There is no compatibility issue at all.

 

Get the 1060 is at is faster than a 970 or 980, and newer.

 

Choice is not hard at all : gtx 1060

[Israel_yuma]

OiSo all programs will work correctly? ? i know that at hardware level no issues but i dont wanna end with a software issue

[scottyseng]

1 hour ago, Israel_yuma said:

OiSo all programs will work correctly? ? i know that at hardware level no issues but i dont wanna end with a software issue

Yes, it would work.

 

I run 1070s and AutoCAD / vray runs just fine for me. I also run 3DS Max/Maya/Revit/Inventor (Revit is more CPU based though) without issues.

 

Vray doesn't care as long it's CUDA for vray RT.

 

Only issue I've had is that iray (if you use it), isn't compatible with pascal GPUs in 3DSMax 2017. Ever since I got vray though, I stopped caring about iray. haha.

[bimmerman]

I would check with each software company to see whether a quadro will be of any benefit.

 

For Solidworks, it makes a huge difference. For other software packages, it may not. This is separate from CUDA acceleration capabilities, as that can be done with either a Geforce or Quadro. The Quadro comes with drivers certified by the various CAD programs to operate correctly, and in Solidworks' case, hardware rendering requires a Quadro or Firepro card.

 

Don't rely on the forum posts here, instead you must check with the software programs you intend to use. Under hardware requirements it should mention whether a quadro (or AMD's FirePro) is required or not. You may have to contact their support system.

 

If you are not going to game on the computer, I would just buy the Quadro and be done with it. It's not as powerful BUT it is designed for CAD and rendering applications, and has drivers that may be tailored to your specific programs.

[maartendc]

6 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

I would check with each software company to see whether a quadro will be of any benefit.

 

For Solidworks, it makes a huge difference. For other software packages, it may not. This is separate from CUDA acceleration capabilities, as that can be done with either a Geforce or Quadro. The Quadro comes with drivers certified by the various CAD programs to operate correctly, and in Solidworks' case, hardware rendering requires a Quadro or Firepro card.

 

Don't rely on the forum posts here, instead you must check with the software programs you intend to use. Under hardware requirements it should mention whether a quadro (or AMD's FirePro) is required or not. You may have to contact their support system.

 

If you are not going to game on the computer, I would just buy the Quadro and be done with it. It's not as powerful BUT it is designed for CAD and rendering applications, and has drivers that may be tailored to your specific programs.

What he said.

 

Theres no point NOT getting the Quadro if you are not gaming.

 

I am an architect myself, and I am pretty sure that Autocad and Sketchup, support GPU acceleration, but they dont really lean on it heavily. I think a decent CPU is still much more important than the GPU. When the SketchUp models get really heavy, the bottleneck is usually on the CPU or RAM side, but not on the GPU.

 

V-ray does not use GPU acceleration for rendering, so you just need a powerful CPU. GPU will not matter.

 

Vectorworks not sure. They may support GPU acceleration, but again, the differences will be small.

 

At the end of the day, theoretically the Quadro should be better for your purpose, but practically I think it will matter very little. Good luck!