Video Card 3D Specs - What is it good for?

[Dupuytren]

Other than for heavy duty gaming, what is the 3D capability of a video card good for?

 

[cdogg]

It depends. High-end gaming cards excel in OpenGL and DirectX 9 processing, both of which mean very little to business 3D apps pertaining to CAD software.

High-end 3D cards for applications like CAD, also do not do well in gaming. So you have to choose based on what best serves your needs.

A majority of interaction between you and your desktop applications are in 2D. An old Matrox 16MB video card is more than enough to handle even the highest resolutions.

~cdogg
[tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"
[tab][tab]- Aristotle

 

[dakota81]

It just occurred to me, the next version of Windows, codenamed Longhorn, is supposed to incorporate a lot of DirectX 9 accelleration into the OS itself; though that's going to be something like 2 years before the OS is released, and probably another year before it really gets saturated into the market. And there's of course no conclusive facts and probably no good speculation as to how demanding Longhorn will be (though I doubt not very demanding, that's just my hunch based on pure intuition).

 

[cdogg]

Yeah, the Longhorn's desktop look and feel is supposed to be completely revolutionary, with ways of organizing/navigating in 3D. I'm sure that has something to do with the emphasis on DirectX 9.

~cdogg
[tab]"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"
[tab][tab]- Aristotle

 

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