Predator Virtual CNC Graphics Card Recommendations

Overview of PC Graphics Cards and Predator Virtual CNC

In general, Predator Virtual CNC supports all OpenGL compatible graphics cards including gaming graphics cards and integrated graphics cards from AMD, Intel and nVIDIA. There are way too many gaming and integrated graphics cards to list and test. However, for the best OpenGL performance, Predator Software recommends professional OpenGL optimized graphics cards by AMD and nVIDIA. Over the years, each vendor has developed multiple professional graphics cards. Refer to the following lists in the tables below.

AMD Graphics Card Recommendations for Predator Virtual CNC

NOTE: Laptop owners should always use AMD graphics drivers provided by the laptop manufacturer.

nVIDIA Graphics Card Recommendations for Predator Virtual CNC

NOTE: Laptop owners should always use nVIDIA graphics drivers provided by the laptop manufacturer.

Predator Software does not publish benchmarks for each graphics card. In general, newer cards perform better than older cards and more expensive cards perform better than less expensive cards. Older AMD and nVIDIA graphics cards listed above are still supported by Predator Virtual CNC. Older graphics cards are often very affordable.

NOTE: Predator CNC Editor utilizes Predator Virtual CNC for backplotting. All of the above applies to Predator CNC Editor users as well.

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