[GatorLCA]

http://theinquirer.net/?article=29469

Kind of old (almost 2 weeks), some you might have already read it but $8,000 for a workstation card...that's freaking nuts.

Not sure how it'll work out since the Asus Dual 7800GT GPU is buggy as hell but if it's guaranteed to work then jesus, that'll be one hell of card, but $8K is a mighty high price, but still 4 G71 chips!!

 

[-relk-]

y would u need a 1gb of ram on a video card. jeez 512 mb is enough adn the yr thinking about putting 1 gb on wow.

 

[HrnyGoat]

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Originally Posted by -relk- y would u need a 1gb of ram on a video card. jeez 512 mb is enough adn the yr thinking about putting 1 gb on wow.

The Quadro is for professional 3D editing. Some of that stuff can be way more demanding than any game out today.

 

[Gearbox]

Well, Quadros are workstation graphics cards which is preferably used in 3D software like 3D Studio Max. Developers use cards like Quadros to make the games and gamers use conventional graphics cards to play it.

 

[wudaddy]

8k for a videocard is just frickin nuts. Can't you just buy a gaming G71 core and use RivaTuner to "unlock professional capabilities" so it'll become a Quadro? Like how many people convert a normal 6800 into Quadro4000.

 

[SoaDMTGguy]

Ya, workstation cards have had 512 MB of RAM for a long time, some even have 640 MB, so 1 GB makes sense.

 

[Kipper]

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Originally Posted by wudaddy 8k for a videocard is just frickin nuts. Can't you just buy a gaming G71 core and use RivaTuner to "unlock professional capabilities" so it'll become a Quadro? Like how many people convert a normal 6800 into Quadro4000.

no, its different because that is just the software...its like saying that if u overclock ur 3700+ SD enough, it'll be as good as a FX-57. When the truth is that its close, but not quite... (FX-57 are more stable, unlocked multis, can go further, etc)

 

[xypex982]

When do you think that 1gb will became avalible to the gaming scene, cause 512 is still usally worse than 256 except at like 1600x1280 and maxed aa and af.

 

[marcin123b]

so will this card be able to play direct x games because i got a quardro 64 mb and a ati fire fl gl which has a faster stock core and bigger heatsink

 

[xypex982]

Yeah but the quadro is made for workstations though.

 

[Gearbox]

It can run games, but it's not designed for games. It will run slower than competitively priced cards that are designed for gaming.

 

[lonnie5000]

These cards will not game well. They are for workstations. Usually like others said 3dStudioMax or other editing software.

 

[selectodude]

Maya, Lightwave, Modo, AutoCad, ect.

 

[GatorLCA]

Game developers mainly use Maya Unlimted or 3Ds MAX. CAD softwre is kind of intensive but any mainstream top-tier card can handle it. My girlfriend is in interior design and her onboard graphics from her Dell XPS (lower end laptop) handles it just fine. The Quadros and Fire GL's are for the big boys I mentioned first.

They're fun as hell to play on and it' amazing that developers get these games from using those programs

 

[marcin123b]

so i can play game on MY fire gL awesome il get great FPS

 

[Chillaxed]

convert this quadro to whatever....i'm sure you can game on that like a mother, cuz i heard that there is no extra benifit for gaming, (still good) but they are MADE for video editing, i'd prolly buy it for gaming

(someone pm me if i'm wrong)

 

[dpg]

What kind of card do they use to make 3D movies? (Shrek, Finding Nemo, Etc.. )

 

[xie67]

Yeh the old man run,s an engineering shop where they design & manufacture mixing and drive systems for all kinds of stuff.

anyways they got a rig down there set up solely for CAD (not your average turbo CAD) but a AUD$6,000.00 program and they run a quad head MATROX at around they 3200 x 2400 mark I seem to remember. I tried to run DOOM III on it some time ago and the results were not that great but in CAD F***k me it is totally awesome and had never seen a graphical system running as such.

The cost was AUD$4,500.00 about 1yr ago and that was with a discount.

Just some useless information maybe.

cheers

 

[GatorLCA]

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Originally Posted by dpg What kind of card do they use to make 3D movies? (Shrek, Finding Nemo, Etc.. )

Maya with a Fire GL or Quadro