Nvidia 8800 vs. quadro fx4600

[jtl2901]

My nvidia 8800 card crashed, I bought a quadro fx4600 as a replacement, will the quadro run games at the same level as the 8800 did?? What can I expect as far as performance from this card? Also could someone send me a link to the drivers for the new card (quadro fx4600)??? Please help!

 

[alvine]

quadro cards are meant for professionals. they are optimised for CAD (computer accelerated design) applications and other scientific stuff. you made a horrible choice by going from a consumer gamer card to a professional graphic design card

 

[Sunius]

Link for drivers: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/indexsg.aspx?lang=en-uk

How much did you pay for it? It should have similar performance to 8800 as it's based on same chip as 8800 GTX.

 

[jtl2901]

I paid $50 for it. Thanks for the link! Just wanna make sure it will run Mass Effect and Crysis at the same level the 8800 did....

 

[Sunius]

$50 is good price, you couldn't have gotten anything better for it. It should play those games well!

 

[jtl2901]

on that link I want the graphics, performance, or partner certified driver from the dropdown box???

 

[Sunius]

Graphics driver.

 

[jtl2901]

Awesome, thanks so much for the help! Wish me luck!

 

[ram1009]

Alvine is correct. I have tried many times to get game cards to run CAD and CAD cards to run games and it just doesn't work. It doesn't matter if the boards run the same chip or not. It's the drivers that are optimized for the application.

 

[jtl2901]

the listing where I purchased the card had it listed as an 8800 gtx, but in my device manager it lists it as an fx4600. It was only $50. It should still run games decently though right?

 

[jtl2901]

So I've got 1 person saying it'll run those games well, and one person saying it doesn't work, and it's a horrible choice. Lol. I'm confused....

 

[thently]

You can flash the bios to make it a 8800GTX I remember back in the days these came out people flashing both ways as hardware wise they are the same or close the FX cards had more memory allot of the time... Not sure if there is good info or bioses to do these old cards out there anymore.

Thent

 

[jtl2901]

Gotcha. I am not real tech savvy so flashing the bios makes me a little nervous, how difficult is that process? And where would I find info on it?

 

[thently]

I will look around for you just a sec.. Also is RMA ing the card for a real 8800GTX an option that is really the best option but if not I will still see what I can find.

Thent

 

[jtl2901]

I don't know what RMA ing means. I have the old 8800 gtx 640 mb card still, and the quadro fx4600 is 756 mb I believe.

 

[thently]

The 8800GTX has 768 The 640 means you used to have an 8800 GTS they had a 320 and a 640 version and were not even close in performance to the 8800 GTX

Ok here is the Bios download just get the one for your card still looking for instructions.
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/index.php?page=1&architecture=NVIDIA&manufacturer=&model=8800+GTX&interface=&memSize=0

Thent

 

[thently]

Ok here it is I know a little scary and a bit risky too but for the 50 bucks not a big loss... Oh RMA is Return Manufacturing Autherazation a fancy way of saying send it back and get what you ordered LOL...

http://www.ehow.com/how_6404305_flash-8800-gtx-bios.html

Thent

 

[Sunius]

DO NOT FLASH BIOS. You'll brick the card. Especially since you have no idea what you're doing.

You already payed for the card. So dude, why don't you just try to see if it works?

 

[ram1009]

It sounds to me like somebody already flased the BIOS. Since you don't know who to believe why not just try it and find out for yourself, hmmm?

 

[jtl2901]

I'm gonna dl drivers, and see how it performs. If it runs the games at a satisfactory level, great. If it doesn't and I have issues then I will look at returning it or flashing the bios. Yeah I had an 8800 gts 640 mb card. Sorry for the confusion. The new one is a 756mb quadro fx4600.

 

[jtl2901]

so will the quadro 756mb fx4600 run games close to the level that the 8800 GTS 640 mb card did????

 

[Sunius]

Dude, nobody will give you a straight answer. I personally think it will, but you gotta try to make sure. Those cards aren't meant for gaming, so they aren't test on how they perform on games either.

 

[jtl2901]

Gotcha, so there's no real reference work or testing to verify if it will or not. Thanks for all the help guys, I will dl the drivers for the quadro fx4600 and hopefully it'll run well.

 

[Tab54o]

Wow after all this talking and asking questions you don't have an answer yet if you had just tried it from the start you would already have one. I mean you already bought the card so just TRY IT ALREADY!.

 

[jtl2901]

Lol true, will do. I've had alot of issues with this computer so just really wanted to make sure I knew what to expect before I started working on this.