yeah i know they're not gaming oriented but im sure they can pull off some decent performance in reasonable games. Crysis...not so much. my HD3870 can only run 250fps on medium settings at 1440x900.
Baring a few differences workstation cards and their consumer level equivalents are virtually the same. The biggest difference from a technical point of view is how they both handle OpenGL. Because of the difference workstation cards would probably perform worse in game than a consumer card. Consumer grade = performance over quality orientated, whereas Workstation grade = Quality & Precision over performance orientated.
The real big difference between them though is how they are both tested. Both the hardware and drivers for a workstation card go through a rigorous and ongoing ratification process to ensure they work without fault and thats what you would pay for and its why the real big studios pay for these cards. They literally can't afford ANY downtime.
Unless you work in a fairly large studio or have a serious home studio there isn't much point in paying a huge sum of money for a workstation card.
I've been testing Quadro cards at work for the last month. We've landed on the 4600 which is a 1500$ card compared to these that are each close to $3K. PRoblem with the 5600 is the 1.5 GB of RAM eats your system RAM space in a 32bit environment.
Anyway the 8800 GTX blows these out of the water in crysis or any gaming application. Something like 80 to 100% difference.
Run an OpenGL app on the 8800 and you may as well put up a chair. A single frame took a full second or more while the 4600 was pulling 40-80 FPS.
One of the major advantages to pro cards is that they can handle multiple render surfaces better. The consumer cards are optimized for one render surface since your likely only ever going to play full screen games. These cards handle multiple render surfaces and partial surfaces (covered by a window) better because they bypass the single surface optimizations. So they are slower at gaming than a consumer card, but they'd be able to play two games better :p
best set up? probably 4 ATi HD3870 dual GPU boards in quad-crossfire on an AMD Spider platform with 8GB of RAM and a 3.0GHZ quadcore proc. that would be the best. most practical or inexpensive? probably not...
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i bet these can play DOOM. (at 500fps)
Just though I would point this out, these cards are for workstations. In a game, like Crysis, they will perform the same as a GTX.
yeah i know they're not gaming oriented but im sure they can pull off some decent performance in reasonable games. Crysis...not so much. my HD3870 can only run 250fps on medium settings at 1440x900.
Baring a few differences workstation cards and their consumer level equivalents are virtually the same. The biggest difference from a technical point of view is how they both handle OpenGL. Because of the difference workstation cards would probably perform worse in game than a consumer card. Consumer grade = performance over quality orientated, whereas Workstation grade = Quality & Precision over performance orientated.
The real big difference between them though is how they are both tested. Both the hardware and drivers for a workstation card go through a rigorous and ongoing ratification process to ensure they work without fault and thats what you would pay for and its why the real big studios pay for these cards. They literally can't afford ANY downtime.
Unless you work in a fairly large studio or have a serious home studio there isn't much point in paying a huge sum of money for a workstation card.
No, in fact that would suck compared to any of the Geforce/Radeons in games.
I've been testing Quadro cards at work for the last month. We've landed on the 4600 which is a 1500$ card compared to these that are each close to $3K. PRoblem with the 5600 is the 1.5 GB of RAM eats your system RAM space in a 32bit environment.
Anyway the 8800 GTX blows these out of the water in crysis or any gaming application. Something like 80 to 100% difference.
Run an OpenGL app on the 8800 and you may as well put up a chair. A single frame took a full second or more while the 4600 was pulling 40-80 FPS.
So in short, don't bother with a quadro for Doom
One of the major advantages to pro cards is that they can handle multiple render surfaces better. The consumer cards are optimized for one render surface since your likely only ever going to play full screen games. These cards handle multiple render surfaces and partial surfaces (covered by a window) better because they bypass the single surface optimizations. So they are slower at gaming than a consumer card, but they'd be able to play two games better :p
clarification: i did not mean my ATi HD3870 can run Crysis at 250fps. i meant 25fps. sorry.
What is the best set up to play Crysis at full resolution and all specs set on highest?
best set up? probably 4 ATi HD3870 dual GPU boards in quad-crossfire on an AMD Spider platform with 8GB of RAM and a 3.0GHZ quadcore proc. that would be the best. most practical or inexpensive? probably not...