Hi Dimitris!
Great explanation of the use of GPUs. Don't mean to be a bother, but I still have some questions!
1. What is this "certified hardware" that Autodesk talks about for 3DS Max? See the attached image. The disclaimer at the end makes me think it's bullshit but correct me if I'm wrong.
2. I'm gonna buy a graphics card ASAP. I mainly use Revit (which uses only the CPU) and I will be using Lumion also, for large projects several hundred acres in size, but not very complicated. Eventually I'm gonna be using 3DS Max, most likely by linking Revit into 3DS Max and using it only for rendering (but keeping my options open; may use 3DS Max for modelling too) so I feel it would be wise to consider its requirements too while buying the graphics card.
I narrowed down my search according to affordability and number of PassMark points that Lumion says is recommended for large and very large models to the following -
GeForce GTX 760 - 4969 PassMark points
GeForce GTX 660 - 4117 PassMark points
Radeon HD 7950 - 4687 PassMark points
Radeon R9 285 - 5187 PassMark points
Radeon R9 270x - 4515 PassMark points
But as you can see, the GTX 760 is at the bottom of the list in the attached image. So I was just wondering if I should consider that list or the 760 and the others in my shortlist will do the trick. What are your views on this?
Oh I have an AMD FX 4100 3.6 GHz processor
16 GB DDR3 RAM
ASUS M5A78L-M LX V2 motherboard (can be changed)
And thanks in advance!
