for 3D Architectural renderings. Are high performance gaming cards good for rendering (3D max, Maya, Viz, Mentalray) ? I heard there is a difference between render and gaming cards. Can anyone validate this claim ? thanks, skyarch The "rendering" cards;...

Sort of expensive, future resistant, render monster. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Christmas-ish 09 BUDGET RANGE: trying to keep it under 4K SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video rendering, games, still be able to boot a useful OS in 7 years, folding....

the store and pickup any game from the shelf, as long as you have a normal monitor cable of displaying that resolution and a regular video card capble of rendering at 1280x 720 and above you should be able to enjoy the benefits of HD Gaming ;) Ok clever arse...

the win!) I'm not sure how it will game with OpenGL, prolly fine, even though most DX cards game with OpenGL fine also. Either way, there is a reason why we have gaming cards and professional cards. Doughbuy: I did read the article you quote from at I've...

their gaming card counterparts. This flat out isn't true for the Quadro; they've gotten a bad rep by gamers because the old ones suck for gaming. The gaming cards are better, but it's a very slight margin. So, the Quadro will monkey stomp the GeForce in...

of course that's based on Evilgoalie Logo not Rendering/Gaming power), but the HD2600XT and X800Pro should be fine, especially for the PSU involved. PS, the R9600XT is PS2.0/DX9/SM2.0, the PS1.1 cards are back to the R7200 days, the R8500 was the first PS1.4/...

for my 8800gtx gave me some very nasty graphics artifacts in oblivion rendering the game unplayable, that was one of the main games I got the card for :lol: it was fixed before long. I dont doubt this problem will be 8.6 seems stable enough under vista 64....

it may like the 7950 architecture better, but there are some games that do allot of rendering, and these games are going to love the Quadro card. Granted, there is a premium for the card, but for CAD/CAM/Rendering, there is no comparison. lol Mark, I...

I use the card to a monitor with a built-in speaker No. +1 Nowhere near as much as a 3D game. nothing at all. It just runs through to the cable and that is it. Has nothing to do with how the card renders games, the card is just a way to get to the cable....

is VERY little difference between nVidia and ATI when it comes to their normal "consumer aka gaming" graphics card line up. HOWEVER, nVidia seems to have better WORKSTATION graphics card drivers. Since you are gaming, workstation graphics are out of the question....