video card question...

[wol-va-rine]

in the video card section, wow, how'd a thunk it...?

I can get a PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 cheap, ~$50, what kind of work is this card meant for...? will it give me better performance for video processing/editing programs like virtual dub by offloading the work from thr cpu to the gpu...? as you can plainly see, I know absolutely nothing about this type of card except that it's no good for gaming...

if it wouldn't matter in virtualdub, what kind of programs would it give a boost to...?

 

[sgrinavi]

That card is for CAD work, AutoCAD, 3dsMAX, Maya, ProE, etc

 

[Homeless]

Virtualdub is cpu dependent. Sgrinavi has listed the most popular quadro beneficial apps

 

[evilsofa]

If you were able to software modify it into a Geforce card (and I'm not saying you can - assume not unless proven otherwise), it would be something vaguely similar to an 8400GS.