You can get a Quadro for $120. The lowest priced one is the 410, but the 600 is only $150, and has double the memory.
I would not go with one of those but I might consider one of the one sloser to the $600 price point. The $3000 plus ones are just ridiculously priced.
The problem with the quadro approach is you now have a pretty much dedicated CAD machine. Genaral graphics performance ends up like a cheap walmart laptop!
"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675
Last edited by ctbram; 08-11-2012 at 07:27 PM.