In CPU limited workflows, application-specific driver optimisations can do a lot to help boost performance. The other probable explanation is driver maturity. This may go some way to explaining the scores we got with the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 in the SolidWorks 2015 SPECapc benchmark, where it was actually slower than its predecessor, the AMD FirePro W5100. It should be emphasised here that GHz is the key, as a CPU with more cores, over and above the standard four, will not do anything to increase frame rates. In such cases, to boost 3D performance, you’d be better off investing in an extremely high-frequency CPU. So, no matter how much GPU power you throw at a 3D CAD model, frame rates will not increase. One of the reasons for this is that a lot of mainstream CAD software is CPU limited - meaning that the CPU is the bottleneck and does not allow the GPU to use its full resources. So where does this leave the traditional mid-range GPU? AMD’s ‘5X00’ series GPUs (FirePro W5000 and W5100) have long been nailed on for mainstream 3D CAD.īut the latest addition, the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8GB GDDR5), is probably overkill for many 3D design workflows. Today, a £250 professional GPU like the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 (4GB GDDR5 memory) should be able to handle pretty much anything a SolidWorks, Creo, Fusion or Revit user throws at it. Applications like game engine design viz software, Bentley Systems LumenRT, give the AMD Radeon
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