Hi -
I talked to Mark S yesterday about this, the 3500 is a certified card
and should be in both places on our site - that's an oversight.
Todd - I am not sure why you've experienced those issues - let us know
if this is something we should investigate further with you.
Thanks -
Jen
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Antonin Messier-Turcotte
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:55 AM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: hardware - which card is certified?
Alright, thanks for the information!
Morten Bartholdy wrote:
> The Quadro was 2-3 times as fast, yes. I have a GeForce 7800 GTX on my
> current workstation and I am pretty happy with it. I can orbit
> millions of triangles at reasonable speeds and I have no trouble
> either with overlays nor in FX Tree, so it is definately not a bad
> card for XSI work. The only thing I might point out is lacking
> Z-buffer precision when several objects occupy pretty musch the same
> space, like eyelids on eyespeheres. This is seen at combinations of
> larger viewing distances and certain FOV. Also i have noticed strange
> and changing OGL lighting when there are many lightsources in a scene,
> but as long as this is not crucial to what you are doing in XSI it is
> possible to live with it at the pricepoint of this card.
>
> I am about to load the test scene here on my own workstation and test
> it with the 7800 - then I can tell you how the 8800 performed in
> comparison - perhaps tomorrow.
>
>
> Morten Bartholdy
> 3D & VFX Artist
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antonin Messier-Turcotte"
> <amessier(at)flystudio.com>
> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:25 PM
> Subject: Re: hardware - which card is certified?
>
>
>> Just as a side question, you say the quadro is 3 times as fast, but
>> are the peformances of the 8800 gtx still acceptable? I'm thinking
>> about getting one of those...
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Antonin
>>
>> Morten Bartholdy wrote:
>>> I just tested a GeForce 8800 GTX vs. a Quadro 4600 on the same
>>> machine today. These cards are supposedly based on the same gpu and
>>> have the same amount of texture memory - 768 MB RAM. I used the
>>> latest GeForce standard driver and the correct Quadro set to XSI
>>> ogl, and found a baffling performance difference in favour of the
>>> Quadro!! It was 2-3 times as fast as the GeForce in most tests -
>>> wireframe, hidden line, depth cue, shaded and textured. I made a
>>> test with about 3000 objects and 1,6 million triangles and one with
>>> one object and the same triangle amount - a merged version af the
>>> first scene. Actually the Quadro was relative faster at handling the
>>> scene with many objects thna the merged one. I am guessing it might
>>> be possible to find a better OGL setting for the GeForce driver and
>>> perhaps increase the performance some, but still, the difference is
>>> remarkable.
>>>
>>> I wonder if someone here has had a chance to make more thorough
>>> camparisons between GeForce and Quadro hardware twins, and can offer
>>> some insight? I am really beginning to wonder if the Quadro isn't
>>> worth the extra pricetag - actually it makes sense - it is 2-3 times
>>> faster and cost about 3 times as much as the GeForce.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Morten Bartholdy
>>> 3D & VFX Artist
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Alan Peleg"
>>> <todd(at)theholdingcell.com>
>>> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re: hardware - which card is certified?
>>>
>>>
>>>> i have a bad experience with 2 fx3500's and the fx3000's
>>>>
>>>> there are 2 of them here at the place i am at and the performance
>>>> of them has been whipped by my 5 year old laptop's nvidia
>>>>
>>>> (i have yet to explain it)
>>>>
>>>> some other people have offered MANY options to fix what seems to be
>>>> for no reason.. i haven't had time to investigate it.. but.. for it
>>>> to be the case in multiple machines... i doubt its a rare thing..
>>>>
>>>> for what its worth
>>>>
>>>> todd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jeff McFall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Trying to pick cards for new machines and we are looking for some
>>>>> clarification regarding the QuadroFx3500.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the Softimage support site the QuadroFx3500 is not listed as
>>>>> "certified"
>>>>> http://www.softimage.com/support/xsi/certified_graphics_cards/xp32
>>>>> /default.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> However on the workstation page
>>>>> http://www.softimage.com/support/xsi/certified_workstations/defaul
>>>>> t.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>> The 3500 is listed as certified (at least for 5.11) in a Dell 690
>>>>> and Dell 490
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to get some solid info as to why this is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this just an oversight or something that should be considered
>>>>> given changes in XSI 6. ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also curious if there are any major performance differences
>>>>> between the two cards.
>>>>>> From the specs it appears the 3500 may be more adept at handling
>>>>>> textures.
>>>>> Any other points to consider if we went with the lesser card?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any feedback or suggestions
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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