Video card and processor recos

My daughter has begun an interior architectural design program and needs
an upgrade to her computer.

Without breaking the bank, does someone have recommendations for a video
card particularly suitable for autocad? Any other component recos?

Thanks
Ken K

 

video cards are relatively cheap these days (under $200?). I'm still
using an older more expensive card so don't have any specific
recommendations but I'm sure others will. Here's the minimum system
requirements for Acad 2006/2007 to help you out

http://tinyurl.com/yasxtx

good luck,
Dave
DDP

 

ddpcad said the following on 12/15/2006 3:17 PM:

Thanks. Someone suggested that I try tomshardware.com and it looks like
the ATI X700 AGP should work for her. She has a p4 2.6mHz chip with 512
of RAM, so I might bump up the RAM. She is running her video off of the
chip on her ASUS mb, so the graphics display card should help.

Thanks again,
Ken K

 

George P said the following on 12/16/2006 8:02 AM:

Ouch! Wish I had seen this yesterday before I ordered a different card
(Radeon X700 Pro AGP). I will return it and eat the shipping, then pick
up a better card.

Thanks for the list!

Ken K

 

yeah, I checked out the list also and noticed that my Nvidia GeForce
6800 is on the "barely supported" list. I guess it's considered a gaming
card but it's served me well for over a year now. The great thing was
that after a little bit more investigation I noticed that it has dual
DVI output so I ordered another ViewSonic 22" LCD flat screen to go dual
monitors...thanks George P!
Dave
DDP