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therock003   04-19-2009 at 11:11:32 PM

Simple question, can i have a combination of let's say a quadro and a gtx or a radeon and a fire pro on the same board?

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mamw93   04-20-2009 at 05:20:56 AM
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No. Only Quadro and NVidia card cause you'll need SLI. Put the Quadro card in the x16 lane and the graphics card in the other, (if they both run x8 in SLI it doesn't matter then.)

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therock003   04-20-2009 at 10:59:39 AM
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Radeon and Fire Pro can't run on crossfire then?(They're both ATI of course).

But is it certain that i can combine a quadro and a geforce via SLI?

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evongugg   04-20-2009 at 03:54:27 PM
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I wouldn't mix workstation cards and gaming cards. Their drivers are different.
I doubt they would do SLI.
A gaming card can give you the performance of a workstation card.

Workstation Graphics Cards and their Mainstream Equivalents

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2258.html

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WR2   04-20-2009 at 04:21:16 PM
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evongugg wrote :

I wouldn't mix workstation cards and gaming cards. Their drivers are different.

+1
They're VERY different.

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therock003   04-20-2009 at 05:04:22 PM
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Are they equivalement in terms of specs you mean? Cause they couldnt possibly have the same effects on a graphics application. Otherwise there would be no need to spend all that money and get a quadro 5600 or 5800 card.

BTW is it possible to flash a GTX card and make it a quadro 5800?

Think is i need a graphic card that can deal with CAD applications as well as high end games at full res.

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evongugg   04-20-2009 at 06:03:25 PM
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There's little difference between the graphics processors you find in workstation graphics cards versus what you'll find in consumer graphics cards for gaming, especially in the high-end segment. The major differences that separate these two hardware categories come from their drivers and the level of technical support offered.


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therock003   04-20-2009 at 06:44:47 PM
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Well yes quadro and fire pro are optimized to handle opengl while geforce and radeon are optimized for D3D.

Question is can you achieve same performance with gaming Cards in CAD application and rendering software or is the difference sky-high?

Also i really need to know if there's a way to flash quadro firmware into the geforce.

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WR2   04-20-2009 at 11:18:51 PM
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therock003 wrote :

Question is can you achieve same performance with gaming Cards in CAD application and rendering software or is the difference sky-high?

There is really a very substantial difference in performance.
You can look at some of the performance differences here :
THG: Performance Gaming Vs. Workstation: GeForce GTX 280 And Quadro FX 4800

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therock003   04-21-2009 at 12:10:16 AM
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Well yes but these are benchmarks with gaming card at it's original drivers, not tweaked with the workstation driver.

I would really like to see how a gaming card flashed with workstation bios performs in rendering applications and benchmarks.

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WR2   04-21-2009 at 12:37:55 AM
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Have you found any benchmarks like that?

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therock003   04-21-2009 at 12:48:58 AM
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Nope that's what i'm hoping to find, but i dont think anyone will go into any trouble to flash bios and post benchmarks.

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johnnyz88   06-24-2009 at 04:49:43 PM
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WR2 wrote :

There is really a very substantial difference in performance.
You can look at some of the performance differences here :
THG: Performance Gaming Vs. Workstation: GeForce GTX 280 And Quadro FX 4800



Ok, so avoid using gaming cards in workstation apps...

Question:
Is it possible to run the graphics cards separately i.e. workstation card on one monitor and the gaming card on another. I want to be able to run CAD apps like Pro/engineer Wildfire 3.0 and Catia v5, whilst being able to play games with mid-range to high-end graphics smoothly.

If so, I'm thinking of a Quadro FX 570 (not sure exactly, but something just able enough to run the CAD programs - I do not want to spend a substantial price). For the gaming side, a GeForce 9800GT - at least. Also, can I build this up from a workstation setup bought from a vendor and install the GeForce 9800GT later?


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nednarb   09-25-2009 at 08:09:47 AM
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Were you able to get both cards running well? I am thinking of the same solution.

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