These card any good ?

[Silly Devil]

PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 GPU

I know these card are made for professional CAD, DCC, and visualization applications
but do you think they would be any good for gaming ?
Just a tought lol, they may be relly bad, I was just woundering

 

[Blackjack]

They will work, but i think the point of those cards is that they are optimized for OpenGL so they may not be the best.

 

[Silly Devil]

lol ok I was just curious

 

[soundguy]

they are more for photo editing etc, when there is a lot of high resolution work, but not really that much raw power needed.

 

[Red Falcon]

they are more for photo editing etc, when there is a lot of high resolution work, but not really that much raw power needed.

Photo editing requires CPU power, not GPU.

As for the FX 5500, it would be pointless to buy it just for gaming. These cards were designed for (as said above) CAD programs and high-end precision 3D rendering.

You can play games on it, but you're going to get the same experience with a 8800GTX, so why not get the card that is $2000 cheaper?


Oh, if you want multiple monitor SLI, then get two Quadro FX's, one of the few reasons for a gamer to get Quadro cards.

 

[NKDietrich]

Oh, if you want multiple monitor SLI, then get two Quadro FX's, one of the few reasons for a gamer to get Quadro cards.

I imagine most gamers would be satisfied going with a pair of 3870X2s if they were hardcore about needing their multiple monitors

 

[Red Falcon]

I imagine most gamers would be satisfied going with a pair of 3870X2s if they were hardcore about needing their multiple monitors

Exactly.

This is another reason not to buy ultra expensive Quadro FX's.

 

[TechBoy]

Well for some people, namely me, would have a use for it since I use autocad and Inventor. It helps alot, so does the FireGL from ati. Though your right I wouldnt buy it just to play games.