G
Guest
Guest
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)
Just when I think I have graphics cards down, I then have to throw Quadro
cards into the mix.
Okay...
My current graphics card as a GeForce FX 5600XT (don't laugh at me -- it's
better than my GeForce 2 Ultra)
I'm now getting into 3D design. I can already tell I'm going to need more
computing power. So how do you compare, say, a GeForce FX 5950 Ultra to
some Quadro card? Is the cheapest Quadro going to be better than the most
expensive GeForce card?
Example. The Quadro 700 XGL is $179.99. 64MB of DDR. My current card has
128MB of DDR.
But then we have the Quadro FX 500 with 128mb for $249.
Or the Quadro4 980 XGL for $599.
Or the Quadro FX 1100 with only 128mb of DDR and a $700 pricetag.
Or a Quadro FX 2000 with 128mb of DDR for $1,250.
Right now I'm just in hobbyist mode. But eventually I'd like to turn it
into a fun career, but I don't want it to take ten hours to render ten
seconds of animation. Even with my current hardware, it would take
probably 30-40 minutes to render ten seconds of a "fly-around" of an
egghead cartoon character sitting in an eggholder with a resolution of 1024
x 768.
Anyway, I do know the GeForce cards have a different purpose than the
Quadro cards. I've heard that if you put a Quadro in a system built for
gaming, you might actually see performance decreases. That doesn't make
much sense to me since Quadros are clearly more powerful. But it would be
nice if there was some kind of list that ranked both sides of the nVidia
fence at once so we could easily compare a Quadro FX 500, for example, to a
GeForce FX 5900.
Any tips or pointers on this?
Thanks,
Damaeus
Just when I think I have graphics cards down, I then have to throw Quadro
cards into the mix.
Okay...
My current graphics card as a GeForce FX 5600XT (don't laugh at me -- it's
better than my GeForce 2 Ultra)
I'm now getting into 3D design. I can already tell I'm going to need more
computing power. So how do you compare, say, a GeForce FX 5950 Ultra to
some Quadro card? Is the cheapest Quadro going to be better than the most
expensive GeForce card?
Example. The Quadro 700 XGL is $179.99. 64MB of DDR. My current card has
128MB of DDR.
But then we have the Quadro FX 500 with 128mb for $249.
Or the Quadro4 980 XGL for $599.
Or the Quadro FX 1100 with only 128mb of DDR and a $700 pricetag.
Or a Quadro FX 2000 with 128mb of DDR for $1,250.
Right now I'm just in hobbyist mode. But eventually I'd like to turn it
into a fun career, but I don't want it to take ten hours to render ten
seconds of animation. Even with my current hardware, it would take
probably 30-40 minutes to render ten seconds of a "fly-around" of an
egghead cartoon character sitting in an eggholder with a resolution of 1024
x 768.
Anyway, I do know the GeForce cards have a different purpose than the
Quadro cards. I've heard that if you put a Quadro in a system built for
gaming, you might actually see performance decreases. That doesn't make
much sense to me since Quadros are clearly more powerful. But it would be
nice if there was some kind of list that ranked both sides of the nVidia
fence at once so we could easily compare a Quadro FX 500, for example, to a
GeForce FX 5900.
Any tips or pointers on this?
Thanks,
Damaeus