What is Full or Limited CAD Functionality?
Some graphics vendors produce graphics cards for both game/business use and CAD use. 3D CAD and other top end software products demand much more from the graphics card hardware and it’s driver than game or business applications. • The phrase Full CAD Functionality is used to note graphics cards and drivers that fully meet the requirements of Autodesk Inventor®. • The phrase Limited CAD Functionality is used to note graphics cards and drivers that do not fully meet the requirements of Autodesk Inventor®. • Graphics cards with Limited CAD Functionality may perform in a quite acceptable manner, but if a problem is found in the driver, it may not be fixed by the vendor. Nvidia, ATI, and Matrox produce both workstation cards with Full CAD Functionality and game cards without this functionality. 3Dlabs only produces cards with Full CAD Functionality. • Graphics cards with Full CAD Functionality can be very expensive. However, good cards can be found at reasonable prices. A WEB search on “CAD
