Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Menthix

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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
For CAD purposes, however, I'm unsure

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I Imagine most CAD applications are less demanding on the GPU than serious 3D games. Unless you're doing huge projects, but the average level in a 3D game is more complicated with a lot more textures and light sources than someone generally cooks up at home, not to mention fast movements in games.

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I guess so. In fact, I would imagine most basic CAD stuff can be handled by the CPU alone. For some reason I thought we were talking 3D modelling, in which case, the workstation graphics cards favour quality over performance (back when gaming cards didn't feature things like FSAA), although with programmable shaders I'm not quite sure what their point is anymore...

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Originally posted by Menthix
Did you ever manage to break a video card though? Not including DOA, extreme overclocking, physical damage, or driver issues (which except from DOA I doubt any company would ever cover).

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My 6600GT failed on me, without being overclocked, after about a year and a half.

Sapphire are one of the better ATI brands, but I also go for XFX (in fact I have an XFX HD5850 right now). I buy most of my gear from Overclockers UK now, they tend to have a better selection. Unfortunately the stock on all the HD5000 series is a bit crap at the moment.