Re: Hardware - Graphics card advice

Date : Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:14:36 +0200
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : Gerbrand Nel <gerbrand(at)sphere-animation.com>
Subject : Re: Hardware - Graphics card advice
SH#t...
thanx for the info.
would you guys say that the quadro cards are that much better for xsi than the gaming cards.... I've been doing 3d for 8 years and have never used a quadro. so far the gaming cards seemed fine
Where exactly would one see the difference between a geforce 8800 gt and a quadro fx 3500m except the price tag....?
G


Matt Morris wrote:
sli won't help at all unfortunately - its a games thing

On 30/01/2008, *Gerbrand Nel* <gerbrand(at)sphere-animation.com <mailto:gerbrand(at)sphere-animation.com>> wrote:

    Not to hog this thread but:
    does anyone know if using two cards link with the sli "thingy" makes a
    difference in xsi, and does it make enough of a difference to warrant
    the extra cost. I'm looking into the dell xps m1730 and they have an
    option to run two graphics cards with sli, but I've never tested
    the sli
    theory in xsi

    G

    Matt Morris wrote:
    > Sorry, meant to add, the geforce 8800 cards are ok, but the opengl
    > performance is pretty bad, and they do run hot. I ended up swapping
    > out my 8800gtx and don't regret it.
    >
    >
    > On 30/01/2008, *Matt Morris* <mattmos(at)gmail.com
    <mailto:mattmos(at)gmail.com>
    > <mailto:mattmos(at)gmail.com <mailto:mattmos(at)gmail.com>>> wrote:
    >
    >     Hello fabrice!
    >
    >     The 4600 has got a decent rep, but the newest firegl ati cards
    >     (v5600, v7600, v8600) are beating it in performance and
    price - I
    >     just don't know anyone who's using them with xsi to comment
    on the
    >     display drivers etc.
    >
    >     Is it for the company or personal? I picked up a dirt cheap
    quadro
    >     4500 on ebay, always one option :)
    >
    >     cheers
    >     matt
    >
    >
    >
    >     On 30/01/2008, *Fabrice Altman* <fabrice(at)studioaka.co.uk
    <mailto:fabrice(at)studioaka.co.uk>
    >     <mailto:fabrice(at)studioaka.co.uk
    <mailto:fabrice(at)studioaka.co.uk>>> wrote:
    >
    >         Hi list,
    >
    >         here we go again.
    >         What would be your recommendations for a pro graphics card
    >         without paying
    >         top crazy price for an Quadro FX5600  ?
    >
    >         It would be used for all XSI general tasks ( model,
    anim, sim
    >         etc...) on medium to heavy scenes.
    >
    >         I read from older posts that the Quadro FX 4600 has good all
    >         round performance.
    >         What about ATI cards ? Anyone using those ?
    >
    >         Is there still a huge performance/stability gap with Geforce
    >         cards ?
    >
    >         Thanks in advance ,
    >         F.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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