GET THE MOST OUT OF

AUTODESK AUTOCAD
WITH NVIDIA

Do your best work faster.

The latest NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards provide exceptional performance
for AutoCAD. This means you can now work more quickly, explore more ideas
and design iterations, and still get your projects done faster.
NVIDIA professional graphics deliver industry leading performance that also
enables you to easily use the other applications in AutoCAD Design Suite
such as Showcase and 3ds Max Designwith complete confidence. This is
something integrated graphics just cant handle.

Create fast photorealistic renders.

3ds Max Design in AutoCAD Design Suite Premium or Ultimate makes creating
stunning photorealistic renderings for client reviews or marketing materials
faster and easier. Plus, it takes full advantage of your professional graphics
card, so your renders will finish faster. No more waiting overnight and catching
mistakes too late.
Now, with the NVIDIA Iray renderer in 3ds Max you can render up to 14x
faster using NVIDIA Multi-GPU technology while still working in all your other
apps. This enables you to reduce, or in some cases eliminate, the number of
expensive and time-consuming physical prototypes needed.

Quickly create stunning photorealistic renderings using 3ds Max

and NVIDIA GPUs.
Image courtesy of Jeff Patton

AUTODESK AUTOCAD PERFORMANCE

Quadro K2200
Quadro K620
Quadro K420
0X

0.25X

0.5X

0.75X

1.0X

1.25X

1.5X

Relative Performance
Tests run on a workstation with Intel Xeon 3.1GHz, 20MB cache, 32GB RAM, running Win 7 64-bit SP1, driver version 340.52
Performance testing completed with publicly available Cadalyst benchmark information

NVIDIA AND AUTODESK AUTOCAD | SOLUTION OVERVIEW | Aug14

Empower More Users with NVIDIA GRID

3ds MAX 2015 IRAY 3.1 PERFORMANCE

NVIDIA GRID technology leverages the power of the GPU to deliver 3D

applications over the network for a native PC experience, bringing Autodesk
Product Design Suite to more users, in more places NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2
boards can be added to existing Citrix, VMware, or Microsoft VDI environments.

Quadro K6000 X2
Quadro K5200 X2
Quadro K6000

With NVIDIA GRID, Autodesk Product Design Suite users can enjoy the
same highly responsive experience they get at their deskfrom any device,
anywhere, anytime. To find out more, www.nvidia.com/grid

Quadro K5200
Quadro K4200
CPU
0X

2X

4X

6X

8X

10X

12X

14X

16X

Relative Performance
Tests run on a workstation with Intel Xeon 2.67 GHz, 32GB RAM, running Win 7 64-bit SP1, using NVIDIA Iray technology
in Autodesk 3ds Max and driver version 340.52

RECOMMENDED GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS FOR AUTODESK AUTOCAD

Small assemblies

Medium assemblies

Occasional use of Autodesk

3ds Max with AutoCAD

Intensive use of CAE or 3ds

Max rendering

For Desktop
Workstations

Quadro K620

Quadro K2200

Quadro K4200

Multi-GPU

GPU MEMORY

2 GB GDDR5

4 GB GDDR5

4 GB GDDR5

Varies

REPLACES

Quadro K600 or
Quadro600

Quadro K2000 or
Quadro 2000

Quadro K4000 or
Quadro 4000

Quadro K5000 or
Quadro 5000

For Mobile
Workstations

Quadro K610M

Quadro K2100M

Quadro K4100M

GPU MEMORY

1 GB GDDR5

2 GB GDDR5

4 GB GDDR5

REPLACES

Quadro K500M

Quadro K2000M or
Quadro 2000M

Quadro K4000M or
Quadro 4000M

USAGE

To learn more, visit www.nvidia.com/autodesk

NVIDIA professional graphics solutions are certified and recommended by Autodesk. Close collaboration during
product development guarantees stability and reliability of the platform just the way you expect from day one.

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