using cheaper video-cards? will nVidia Quadro NVS 280 work OK?

Hi all,

Since I currently run Wildfire with "decertified" videocards (fireGL
1, fire GL 1000 Pro, geforce 2 gts, intel81815) without problems, I
was wondering if others of you users are working with other cards than
"supported" by PTC, and your opinions on them.

I'm thinking of buying some new systems and am especially interested
in your experiences with nVidia Quadro NVS 280 cards or intel Extreme
graphics cards.

any OpenGL / AGPx4 or x8/ >64 MB videocard should do the trick, right?


Bastiaan Hubers

 

Bastiaan,

The NVS series Quadro cards are not really 3D cards (I don't think the Intel
is either). They're advertized as multimedia cards, and the few people I
know who bought them reported dismal OpenGL performance. They (PNY) shoud
remove "Quadro" from the name.

You can get pretty good deals right now on the "real" Quadros, FX & XGL
series, at least here in the states.

http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?cart_id=3436279_63_197_46_1
48&Pagecode=SEARCH_ALL&Item_code=VIDA_PNYX_QD_7R&USER_ID=www

Regards

Mark

 

I think that you can SoftQuadro it and get acceptable performance.