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What to upgrade to from a Matrox Parhelia 256mb ?? (and sticking with CRT monitors)
I've recently upgraded to ArchiCAD 10 and Autodesk ViZ 2007, and my computer is choking on complex models again. It's about time I got a new graphics card as well as a new computer. The problem is that I have been using Matrox cards for years and I don't know what to replace my ancient AGP Parhelia with as Matrox don't have any powerful PCIe cards. I am sticking to my Iiyama CRT monitors as large LCD screens of similar picture quality would cost a fortune and they can't go up to the high resolutions that these can. The thing is that the Parhelia has particularly good colour and digital analogue conversion, so I don't want to be disappointed with my new graphics card. I am not sure a modern consumer GeForce or Radeon card will be the same in this respect. The card doesn't have to have extremely high frame rates obviously, but has to have decent OpenGL performance. I also would prefer it to be silent, or at least quiet. I have fitted a Zalman ZM80C-HP to slience the Parhelia. Would I have to get something similar for the next card? Software used: ArchiCAD 10 Autodesk ViZ 2007 (essentially the same as 3ds max) Sketchup (not sure if this uses OpenGL) as well as Photoshop, Piranesi, etc So I am thinking of: a Radeon or Geforce card (really don't know how to make sure it has a good DAC) or a workstation quality card from eBay - Quadro, 3Dlabs VP series, FireGL Any suggestions? I don't want to spend much more than £200 ($370) including quiet/silent cooling if needed. I'd like to spend less than that if possible as I don't need loads of raw power. ss. |
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What to upgrade to from a Matrox Parhelia 256mb ?? (and sticking with CRT monitors)
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:23:43 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
wrote: I've recently upgraded to ArchiCAD 10 and Autodesk ViZ 2007, and my computer is choking on complex models again. It's about time I got a new graphics card as well as a new computer. The problem is that I have been using Matrox cards for years and I don't know what to replace my ancient AGP Parhelia with as Matrox don't have any powerful PCIe cards. I am sticking to my Iiyama CRT monitors as large LCD screens of similar picture quality would cost a fortune and they can't go up to the high resolutions that these can. The thing is that the Parhelia has particularly good colour and digital analogue conversion, so I don't want to be disappointed with my new graphics card. I am not sure a modern consumer GeForce or Radeon card will be the same in this respect. The card doesn't have to have extremely high frame rates obviously, but has to have decent OpenGL performance. I also would prefer it to be silent, or at least quiet. I have fitted a Zalman ZM80C-HP to slience the Parhelia. Would I have to get something similar for the next card? Software used: ArchiCAD 10 Autodesk ViZ 2007 (essentially the same as 3ds max) Sketchup (not sure if this uses OpenGL) as well as Photoshop, Piranesi, etc So I am thinking of: a Radeon or Geforce card (really don't know how to make sure it has a good DAC) or a workstation quality card from eBay - Quadro, 3Dlabs VP series, FireGL Any suggestions? I don't want to spend much more than £200 ($370) including quiet/silent cooling if needed. I'd like to spend less than that if possible as I don't need loads of raw power. If you don't get any answers here, you could try one of the CAD or AutoCAD groups. |
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What to upgrade to from a Matrox Parhelia 256mb ?? (and sticking with CRT monitors)
"Fid" wrote in message ... If you don't get any answers here, you could try one of the CAD or AutoCAD groups. Thanks, but I have. If you check the headers you'll see that I have asked most of usenet. ss. |
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What to upgrade to from a Matrox Parhelia 256mb ?? (and sticking with CRT monitors)
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:23:39 +0100, "Synapse Syndrome"
wrote: "Fid" wrote in message .. . If you don't get any answers here, you could try one of the CAD or AutoCAD groups. Thanks, but I have. If you check the headers you'll see that I have asked most of usenet. Mea culpa. ;-) Have you tried comp.cad.solidworks? A quick check with GrabIt shows that group has almost 3 times the messages of the busiest autocad group. |
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What to upgrade to from a Matrox Parhelia 256mb ?? (and sticking with CRT monitors)
Hi Synapse,
have you had a look on the graphisoft.com website to check out the compatability tests for various cards? It doesn't have every card - but it might be useful... here is the link: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/compatibility.php Hope this helps, Chris ========================= "Synapse Syndrome" wrote in : 3Dlabs has left the market apparently, and doesn't have any PCIe cards in the VP range. So I have narrowed my choice down to the following cards: ATi FireGL V3400 128MB £173.79 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 £202.98 The reviews that I have read show that the performance varies depending on the application due to the drivers, and some of the reviews seem contradictory. I don't know how noisy these cards are. I feel like tossing a coin to choose between ATi and Nvidea. Any thoughts? ss. |
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