Autodesk Certified Graphics Cards - does it matter?

[Eric]

My IT is concerned about buying a graphics card that is not on the Autodesk "Certified Hardware" page. I'm leaning towards a pair of GeForce GTX 980 cards for GPU rendering. If it works out (GPU), I plan to add matching cards to my old computer (the one I'm currently using) and my render slave. I run AutoCad, Revit, 3ds Max and Photoshop.

 

Is there a problem with going with a card that's not on the Certified Cards list? Can anyone tell me why, or why not?

 

If the card is not on that list, will it show up in the GPU card list when I am in the MR iray activeshade dialog box? Or do I have to somehow force Max to recognize the card...?

Edited June 18, 2015 by Eric

[elipan]

My IT is concerned about buying a graphics card that is not on the Autodesk "Certified Hardware" page. I'm leaning towards a pair of GeForce GTX 980 cards for GPU rendering. If it works out (GPU), I plan to add matching cards to my old computer (the one I'm currently using) and my render slave. I run AutoCad, Revit, 3ds Max and Photoshop.

 

Is there a problem with going with a card that's not on the Certified Cards list? Can anyone tell me why, or why not?

 

If the card is not on that list, will it show up in the GPU card list when I am in the MR iray activeshade dialog box? Or do I have to somehow force Max to recognize the card...?

 

No problems at all.

3Ds Max runs on Nitrous (which is DirectX) so any Geforce will be great.