NVIDIA Quadro FX Cards and Gaming

salm · Post by **salm** » 2006-10-12 06:34pm

I´ve got one of those Quadros at work and they´re really great for running 3D programs so i´m thinking of getting one for my own computer.
The question is, does anybody have experience with Quadros and gaming? Do games run smoothly with can they do all the effects and are they all in all good cards for gaming?

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-10-12 06:50pm

They're effective GeForce cards, but they cost more. Just get a GeForce 7xx0 card. It'll be cheaper or faster.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-10-12 10:01pm

If I remember right, the Quadro cards are basically the same chip, only the drivers are designed for maximum accuracy, whereas the gaming cards will sacrifice a little accuracy for greater speed.

If you want maximum gaming performance, get gaming-oriented cards.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2006-10-13 07:54am

Actually being able to handle a hight polycount in 3D programms is more important to me than gaming. But I want it to be gaming capable as well. If it runs a bit worse it´s not big problem.

What do you mean with accuracy?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-10-13 08:51am

salm wrote:Actually being able to handle a hight polycount in 3D programms is more important to me than gaming. But I want it to be gaming capable as well. If it runs a bit worse it´s not big problem.

What do you mean with accuracy?

For maximal speed in games, the driver fudges many calculations and does stuff say at 16-bit instead of 32-bit percision to run faster. Image quality usually dosn't suffer.

However, Quadro cards ALWAYS run at max percision.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2006-10-13 10:17am

So why are Quadros faster in 3D Programs?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-10-13 10:36am

salm wrote:So why are Quadros faster in 3D Programs?

There are some other modifications (mostly software, might be a few in hardware) that optimize for typical professional usage.