[Qgis-user] QGIS and GeForce

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi,

That is a good question I would like to see developers  (which I am not) answer.  Generally speaking, having a dedicated graphics card in a laptop will be an upgrade over a system that uses a cpu/gpu on the same chip, specially if the card has its own onboard memory.   As you know, the cost of a pro graphic card may be very high.  

A better option could (perhaps) be to look at gaming laptops with a dedicated RTX video card like a RTX 2060 or better.  This way, you could  spend  more on RAM or a bigger SSD that will make a bigger difference in speed. ATI Vega cards maybe a better option as OpenCL is now used to speed up QGIS and ATI has a better support for that standard.  I must admit thought that I have not been able to activate that option successfully on a Windows 10 machine with an RTX2060 but this will probably be fixed some day when this becomes more stable. 

For 3D AutoCad, it’s apparently faster with a pro card but I have never really noticed a difference.  Perhaps a content creator could comment on this. My experience on workstations is that a high end gaming card is a better choice than a lower end pro card at the same price point. Comments welcomed.

Nicolas

> Le 27 mai 2019 à 04:14, Carolina Rey <carredy at hotmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I would like to know if it is strongly recommended to have a GeForce graphic card to use QGIS for every usage or if it is only necessary if doing complicated 3D modellations. As you surely know, the GeForce on a good Laptop raises the price and I wouldn't like to by one with a lower quality to have this graphic card..
> 
> Thank you very much
> Carolina
> 
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