Quadro is geared towards OpenGL apps like 3dmax, autocad, etc. I work for an oil company that uses em for seismic 3D rendering. When I tested to Quadro against the 8800 in 3Dmark (aimed at gaming graphics performance benchmarking), 8800 was 30 to 50% faster. There's another Benchmarking tool that wraps up 3Dmax run times etc.. sorry I can't recall the name right now but it was aimed at the Quardo class cards. 8800 performed a 20% of what the Quadros can do.
But, if you don't believe me, by all means go out and buy a Quadro 5700 so you can see for yourself... it's only 4200 bucks.
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Quadro is geared towards OpenGL apps like 3dmax, autocad, etc. I work for an oil company that uses em for seismic 3D rendering. When I tested to Quadro against the 8800 in 3Dmark (aimed at gaming graphics performance benchmarking), 8800 was 30 to 50% faster. There's another Benchmarking tool that wraps up 3Dmax run times etc.. sorry I can't recall the name right now but it was aimed at the Quardo class cards. 8800 performed a 20% of what the Quadros can do.
But, if you don't believe me, by all means go out and buy a Quadro 5700 so you can see for yourself... it's only 4200 bucks.