Autodesk products work best with the Professional GPUs (Graphics Processor Unit). There are some instances in which you can get adequate performance on Consumer GPUs but be prepared from some drawbacks. i.e. intermittent crashing, display issues, etc.
Nvidia Geforce (Consumer CPU) vs Nvidia Quadro (Professional GPU)
AMD Radeon (Consumer GPU) vs AMD FirePro (Professional GPU)
We often will use the following sites to show you what we have officially tested our software on:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?id=18844534&siteID=123112
Some notable articles for each graphics vendor is noted below:
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/AutoCAD-Help-Feed-Welcome-and-New-Tab-screens-appear-all-black.html via Zarchary Travis (AutoCAD guru)
When re-installing a video driver, I prefer this old school method:
http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/08/tip-reinstalling-a-video-driver.html
Reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Npt1BSF04
http://fireuser.com/blog/professional_firepro_cards_vs_consumer_radeon_cards_whats_the_difference/
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