It handled everything we threw at it in the architecturally-focused Autodesk LIVE 1.6, Iris VR Prospect 1.1 and Enscape 1.82.
To test for VR, we used the HTC Vive Business Edition VR headset and a variety of professional applications. This dropped to 15 FPS when Anti-Aliasing (AA) was set to ultra-high, so if pixel-perfect image quality is important, particularly at 4K resolutions, then you may be better served with a Quadro P5000 or Quadro P6000. It absolutely flew in our architecturally- focused game engine benchmarks, and in Autodesk VRED Professional, it produced a comfortable 34 Frames Per Second (FPS) with our automotive test model. Nvidia’s new single slot 8GB professional GPU not only has enough power for demanding 3D design viz workflows but is also ‘VR Ready’.
If you’re looking for a CAD workstation that is ‘VR Ready’, the combination looks hard to beat.Ĭonsidering the 3D performance of the Quadro P4000, ‘Ultimate 2D Plus’ is a bit of a misnomer. Its latest Scan 3XS Ultimate 2D Plus workstation, for example, not only features the ‘Kaby Lake’ Intel Core i7-7700K CPU (announced in January 2017), but also the Nvidia Quadro P4000 GPU (announced in February 2017). Scan, like many other custom workstation manufacturers, is very quick to react to new technologies.