PNY NVIDIA Quadro K2200 Graphics Card VCQK2200-PB

When using MasterCAM or Solidworks, videocard choice is very important. The reason you shouldn't just use a stock or gaming card for CAD/CAM, even if it's GPU stats are better, is the software companies write specific optimized video drivers for their products (this is a good thing). That's why for engineering workstations the NVidia Quadro line and it's lateral AMD competitors give better performance. Quadro cards can be very expensive, so it's always cost-benefit quandary. You can spend thousands on a great CAD/CAM graphics card, but the speed benefits drop off at a certain point. We've found the 4GB Quadro K2200 is reasonably priced and provides solid improvements to our engineering PC's. Obviously, if you can afford a higher model Quadro, go for it, but this one is solid for latest version of MasterCAM and Solidworks. Time is money, and you don't want an engineer of CNC operator waiting around for a part to render or an optimal toolpath calculation to finish. Save them 30 minutes a day by getting a better graphics card, and that really adds up over the year.

I am Revit user and I am working with Revit version 2013-2016. Last few weeks, I had problem with Revit 2013, it was crashing. I checked out my old video card (NVIDIA K600) on Autodesk hardware recommendation for Revit version 2013-2016. The K600 video card is an Autodesk recommended card for each Revit version. I think, it is apply only if you have one version installed on your system. Because I am a heavy Revit user and all version installed on my workstation, I decided to swap the old K600 to K2200. (I use the Dell Precision T3610 model) The Revit 2013 problem is solved and I do not have any problem with Revit 2013 and other Revit version. I think Autodesk recommendation is partially valid, newer Revit version and multiple version installed on same system should suggest better video card with newer processor and more memory on board than K600. The new K2200 works perfect, easy to install. The K2200 card works much better with all Revit application and faster with regenerating 3D views. I would recommend this card for heavy CAD/Revit workstation.

So far so good as it delivers on all levels as advertised HOWEVER I purchased the generation prior to this one (i.e. 2000) and I got only two years of use out of it before it died a violent death. I never seem to EVER get more then 4-5 years out of Nvidia cards but a mere two? Not good.

Excellent graphics card for my new build, and the best price I've found anywhere. I bought this for a cost-effective 3D and animation system. So far, it's working beautifully.

Been using this a couple months now and it is holding up very well. I haven't noticed any hiccups when using it in Revit and AutoCAD. Revit 3D is smooth and AutoCAD runs slick as ever. Very good product.

Well this one was needed on my CAD system to run Windows 10. Too bad I had to upgrade just to run Win 10 but it is what it is.....installed easily and had to do a little tweaking with the proper driver but all said and done, it works fine.

Why would you buy this? Not only is it expensive but it also does no good for autocad / like programs. Get a 10 series.

Used for AutoCAD CIvil 3D at the suggestion of Autodesk. It didn't solve all the problems my wife the engineer had but does a fine job on graphics for a demanding program.

Seems to be a used card, has broken down not long after purchase.

I got this card specifically for solid works. I had another nvidia $800 graphics card that was physically 2x the size of this one and took alot of power. This card runs solid works 8x faster for some reason and it looks like a dinky card. I'm VERY happy with this purchase. On a side note, the box within the amazon box was really beat up but everything works.

Working fine. It's New grafic card. Value for money.

Great card for the work I do (mainly photography, video and basic CAD.) Main reason I purchased this is to support 10bit colour on my 4k display which only workstation card drivers support. A little overkill most of the time though.

I purchased this older budget card for a graphics arts based workstation. It's performing perfectly well for a great price. Very happy with it.