UPDATE: Now Available
So we are only days away from launching our new plug-in Element 3D (Watch DEMO VIDEO) and as you may know it renders using OpenGL on your graphics card. We are working on a more official list of supported cards but here are some general requirements and info.
Video Card Memory:
We recommend at least 1GB of video memory but 512MBs will work fine. We technically support 256MB cards but you will be limited on texture capabilities and you can actually buy a killer card for $150 right now which will boost performance a ton.
Minimum Cards Supported:
Nvidia Geforce 8800 and newer.
ATI 3870 and newer.
Support includes Geforce Series: 9000, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, Quadro 4000 (4800), 5000
IMPORTANT:
We HIGHLY recommend that you update your graphics card drivers from ATI or Nvidia for best performance. Users on Macintosh should update there OS which includes updated drivers.
Other notes:
- Element 3D does not require CUDA only Open GL.
- Quadro 4000 and similar cards on the mac are supported! We even have a fix for Optical Flares to allow full GPU performance in an update that will be out later this month.
I'll have a full list of cards soon but you can look up your card online to see if it supports these features: DirectX 10 / OpenGL 3.3 / Shader Model 4
If you are in the market for a new card here are some nice picks:
$150: (For the price, these are insane cards)
NVidia GeForce GTX 560
AMD Radeon HD 6870
$300: (This is similar to performance of my machine a 580)
NVidia GeForce GTX 570
AMD Radeon HD 7870
$450+:
NVidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon HD 7970
ALL DESIGN TOOLS



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