Old Radeon HD5670 or new FirePro

[LTVETTE2]

I have a system that I just rebuilt with a new Motherboard (Asus M5A99FX) , PSU and case. Used the existing Athlon 630, SSD, 1600mhz ram, and PowerColor Radeon HD 5670. I also did a clean re-install of Win 7. This system is primarily a CAD system using AutoCAD LT 2012. I had an issue with loading my AutoCAD license which led to having an Autodesk tech go into that system. As he was going through the hardware, he commented on the old graphics card saying that I may want to consider a FirePro card....I am using a 27" 2560 x 1440 display currently, and with a 2D CAD application it appears to work just fine now. Granted, on a system score the graphics card is the slowest score at 7.0, but what do I really need? If it is working now, will I even notice a new video cards performance on something as lack luster as AutoCAD LT??

 

[noidea_77]

No need for a new card as long as you don't go for 3D CAD.

 

[LTVETTE2]

Ok, good. Thank you noidea77. No sense on putting another computer part in the junk pile if it is still viable