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Display Requirements for Inventor

With Autodesk software you can leverage the capabilities of professional-class GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) to incorporate high-quality 3D models into your work flow. Easily boost your Autodesk performance with both Nvidia & ATI professional graphics solutions and create and interact with more accurate product designs without sacrificing visual quality.

Always ensure you are running the most up to date driver for your Graphics Card, most important when upgrading from one version of Inventor to another. Please visit the Autodesk Inventor Hardware website to check your driver is certified with the version of Inventor you are currently running.

ATI Fire Pro Graphics Cards

The ATI FirePro 3D family of workstation graphics cards combine a new ATI OpenGL optimized driver with the award-winning ATI FireGL graphics technology, delivering a new level of graphics performance and reliability for professional 3D graphics users.

Ideal for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and simulation markets, ATI FirePro 3D workstation graphics accelerators deliver industry leading features and price performance.

  • DisplayPort output for superior 30-bit image quality
  • Scalable ultra parallel processing architecture with up to 800 unified shaders
  • AutoDetect instinctively optimizes performance for multi-application workflow
  • Dual Link DVI output for driving ultra high resolution widescreen monitors
  • High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit, and 16-bit per RGB color component support
  • Hardware acceleration of DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0 advanced features
  • Optimized and certified for many CAD and DCC applications
  • PCI Express 2.0 compliant

Maximizing Real-Time Application Interactivity

The unique ultra parallel processing architecture of AMD workstation graphics accelerators maximizes throughput by automatically directing graphics horsepower where it’s needed. Intelligent management of computational resources enables enhanced utilization of the graphics accelerator to enable real-time rendering of complex models and scenes while helping to increase frame rate performance when animating.

Seeing More and Doing More with Your Data

ATI FirePro 3D graphics feature full 30-bit display pipeline and support for High Dynamic Range output, producing over one billion colors for the most vibrant visual fidelity versus more traditional 24-bit display pipeline, which produces only 16.7 million colors. With DisplayPort and Dual Link enabled DVI outputs, ATI FirePro 3D workstation graphics cards are capable of generating a multi-monitor desktop of over 5000 pixels wide.

Interacting with Huge Datasets

ATI FirePro 3D graphics provide the capability to store geometry inside the card without having it pushed back to the CPU to calculate changes. This can help increase performance of rotations by up to two times over current technology with larger-scale models. Additionally, ATI FirePro 3D graphics products incorporate unique AutoDetect technology. As users open 3D applications or move between them, optimized ATI FirePro 3D graphics driver settings are automatically configured for maximum performance under a multitude of workflow demands.

Delivering World Class Performance, Reliability, and Support

ATI FirePro™ 3D workstation graphics accelerators are currently pending with major Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Digital Content Creation (DCC) applications. ATI FirePro™ 3D unified drivers simplify installation, deployment, and maintenance. AMD offers direct customer access to a dedicated professional class technical support team.

Nvidia Quadro FX Graphics Cards

NVIDIA Quadro FX professional graphics solutions, built on over a decade of innovation, are the chosen platform by professional designers, engineers, and scientist for visual computing. Based on the NVIDIA CUDA architecture and fully certified on all industry-leading professional applications, Quadro FX solutions provide new capabilities in interactivity and visual quality with unmatched performance.

  • 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline 
  • 64-Bit Floating Point Precision 
  • Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull 
  • Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language 
  • Essential for Microsoft Windows Vista 
  • Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) 
  • Hardware 3D Window Clipping 
  • Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability Shader Model 4.0

Boost Productivity with Multiple Displays

Increased screen real estate means increased productivity. Quadro solutions with both dual-link DVI or Display Port display connectors combined with nView display management utility, efficiently powers and seamlessly manages multiple displays.

Maximize System Uptime

Quadro graphics solutions are engineered, built, and tested by NVIDIA to provide you performance when you need it. With an extended 24-36 month product life cycle, Quadro lets you standardize on a supported system for a longer period of time.

AutoCAD Software Certified Solution

Each year, NVIDIA and Autodesk together invest significant engineering hours to test and certify the latest Quadro and AutoCAD solutions. So there is less likelihood of an issue interrupting your workflow and causing down time. Not only does Autodesk certify and recommend Quadro for use with AutoCAD software, but many of AutoCAD software's advanced features won't run optimally without a professional-class GPU like Quadro. For more information on Autodesk system requirements, please click here.

NVIDIA Quadro

NVIDIA provides a full range of robust products designed for the professional workstation user. Whether you're a designer developing the latest automobile, a 3D artist working on the next blockbuster film, or a financial trader on Wall Street, NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions deliver unmatched power and performance.