Choose between a boot or an emulator for your Duel.
Choose between a boot or an emulator for your Duel.
Hello! You have a powerful setup but face challenges with performance in professional applications. Your goal is to balance gaming and GIS workloads efficiently. Consider exploring options that let you run both OSes simultaneously, such as a dual-boot configuration or partitioning the SSD for each environment. Running GTX drivers alongside Quadro drivers might cause conflicts, so testing one at a time could help. Alternatively, emulating another OS might simplify management but could complicate driver compatibility. Your current setup is solid for gaming, but you’ll need a solution that supports your GIS studies without sacrificing performance. Let me know if you’d like more details!
Not all options work the same, which is why it matters. Purchasing a cheaper quadro card probably won’t match the performance of a 1070.
You could sell the 1070 and use the proceeds to buy a Quadro. It makes sense, I think.
I think I need to improve my explanation. Right now I'm focused on my senior project. I plan to use Arc GIS to chart a large mountain area and analyze the data. However, when I try to render the 3D image, the program often crashes. I suspect the drivers for my 1070 are causing this issue. I don’t want to replace my 1070 since I just bought a monitor with G-Sync and I don’t want to waste money. So far, it seems unlikely that adding a quadro or Radeon Workstation card would work without driver conflicts. Instead, I’m considering setting up a second operating system on an SSD. There I could install the drivers for the workstation card and turn off the 1070 in Device Manager. This way I’d have one OS running with the 1070 active (and the workstation card disabled) and another with the workstation card enabled (but the 1070 off). In short, I want separate operating systems for work and personal use. (Just a note, I already know disabling graphics cards doesn’t actually power them down.) After some research, it looks like the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 offers good value for a workstation card. Would this approach be feasible? Or am I missing simpler alternatives?
You mentioned experiencing problems mainly with RAM and HDD loading, not GPU performance. Could you clarify the file sizes you typically handle?
That's a small file. It seems there may be an issue with how the 3D render functions. This looks like my work PC with insufficient VRAM, especially with an older Quadro. Have you tried using fewer points or segments first to get some output? Reaching out to Esri directly with your hardware details and crash logs could also be helpful—they’ll likely have the best insight. As for the OS setup, a dual boot would probably work best for you.