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Nvidia Quadro???

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darknite

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Im putting together a system for a customer and i was reccommended the nvidia quadro.
Does anyone have any experiences with these?..what are the major differences between them...Im doin some research on them and have mainly found that they are not cheap. But i really dont want to spend a grand on the video card you know. Customer will be doin graphics application Solid Works, 3d Studio Max, video etc.
The rest of system so far will be :

MSI neo 4 platinum pci-x
Intel 3.0 or 3.2 with 2 meg L2 Cache
2x 80 gig wd sata
qcz performace ddr2 2x512
audigy 2 zs????
Neo power 480
sony dvd/rw
antec case prolly
any other reccomendations....??

My main concern for him is the video card and i have no clue with these quadro....Im mainly and FX guy......any help greatly appreciated

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I didnt mean graphics acceleration...sorry....i mean like 3d modeling....not gaming at all
 
Here's my wild speculation:

4x00 = 6800 U Based
3400 = 6800 GT Based
1400 = 6800 Based
1300 = 5900/5700 Based
540 = 6600/6200 Based
330 = 5200/5500 Based
 
im prolly goin with the 1300...seems to be middle of the road or so....579 at zipzoomfly...
Has anyone actually used these cards???
 
Recommend you get the Quadro for Solidworks. I have two clients that I have built CAD systems for and they both use Solid Works and on uses 3dMax. The first system was done on a budget and the card we used was this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-133-060&depa=1

Works decent. He is using a XP2400+ with a gig of RAM. Eventually going to build an Intel system. Solidworks performs better using Intel.

The other client that uses Solidworks and 3D Studio Max has two systems I have built for him the first is a 1.6 GHz P4 and the other is a 3.2 GHz P4. The first system uses a 3D Studios card, can't remember which it was. The second system uses the following card:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-133-108&depa=1

This works great. Remember, for these applications you don't want a gaming card, they will work but not as good as one designed for CAD.

Another thing, if the person can afford, go with 2 Gig of RAM, you will not regret it. Once the person gets a better system they will be building bigger models and that means RAM and lots of it. The wire frames are a real killer. I would say instead of 2 80G drives, get a single 160G from Seagate and get more RAM. Also go with Kingston RAM, seems to be the most stable for this type of application. I also recommend Intel boards for this. There is probably a 100% chance of no overclocking and they are ROCK solid. Both the P4 systems are built on Intel Mobos. Also onboard sound is fine, drop the Audigy, better to put the money into RAM or video. 480 sould be fine and the Antec case is fine, I like Thermaltake or Enermax myself, just personal preference. Go with the 3.2GHz CPU. The 1300 will do great, I have used PNY cards and have been very happy with them. Good Luck.
 
Things some people might not know about memory and Windows for high-end graphics applications:

Until 64-bit versions of the various OS's are out of beta and "ready for prime time," the current versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 can only use up to 4 GB of RAM. Of course, for the 64-bit versions to do any good, you need a 64-bit capable CPU. The Enterprise and Data Center versions of Windows Server use hacks to increase the memory limit, but they don't come cheap.

Fortunately I had learned all of this when our Media dept. started griping about their shiny new dual Xeon/Quadro 1300 graphics & animation workstation being too slow and not having enough memory. 2GB wasn't enough, so they had a plan to bump it up to 7 or 8. I had to step in before my pointy-haired boss bought them the memory and say, uh, no, it won't take more than 4.

After upgrading their memory to 4 GB, we hit another bump. Their software was giving them an error that the maximum file size was 2 GB, but that there was a workaround for this, go check the Microsoft website. And so I learned that WinXP does limit files to a maximum of 2 GB, but that there is a command switch you can add to the boot.ini file that will increase the limit to 3 GB.

Why the insane requirements? Well, partly it's just artistic prima donna syndrome--"Computers are so great that they should magically be able to do anything I can imagine in as much time as I think it should take. Oh, and don't talk to me about cost and budgets and ROI--that's YOUR problem!" And partly it's just the demands of rendering multilayered 3D animated graphics at DVD resolution.

All that to say, your friend may find himself wanting to hit that 4 GB ceiling sooner than you think, and chances are he'll need the 2->3 GB feature activated if he's playing with files that large. Of course, when XP-64 hits, the old limits should disappear. How many minutes do you think it will take for the Media guys to break down my door when that day comes? :D
 
good explanation...ya he might want to up that pretty soon....its for military stuff so im trying to stay in his budget and get as good as i can....
He knows he can upgrade the ram...he just might do it later....which by reading this it might be sooner :)
Like i said...im used to gaming, where IMO 2 gig is overkill, But i guess in this field its almost a minimum from what ive been readin

As far as the hdd... im not a big fan of seagate at all....had bad experieces with them here alot...and WD seems to do us real well....but thanks for the reccomendation..For the ram...im kinda open on that...kingston hasnt failed me yet...so i might just do that..

Once again....thanks for all the help
 
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