Gaming on a Workstation?

[PopeRatzo]

I've got a unique situation. My company is offering to set me up with a home computer. The one they want to order is a workstation, Pentium D with 2gig RAM and a Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 graphics card (I have to use dual monitors).

My question is this: Will this system be good to play games on? I'm specifically thinking about F.E.A.R. and new high-end games.

This computer is going to be my work machine and my personal machine, so I want something that I can entertain myself with as well, so I'm wondering if I should pass on the workstation-class setup and go with something with a good GeForce.

Please advise.

Thanks,

 

[Flakes]

yep quadro are for workstation even though some of them are stupidly powerfull, very good for CAD. not so good for games.

 

[cleeve]

QUadros are just Geforces with different drivers. However, those drivers aren't optimized for gaming... so it might work well, slowly, or not at all depending on the game.

 

[Jaffee]

As long as you have a dual core processor (preferably from AMD) and 2x 1gb sticks of QUALITY memory, you'll be fine with a high-end gaming GPU for graphic design, etc. A dual monitor setup will not be an issue with like a 7900GT or GTX, or, if you decide to go ATI, a 1900XT or XTX.