http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA's Quadro FX 5800 with 4GB graphics memory is 'the most powerful graphics card in history' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
The Adobe CS4 acceleration is also a scam. There is nothing these can do that a GTX280 cannot, at maybe 95% its speed. A KO Edition GTX280 will rip the balls off this thing.]]>Nov 10th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
That's not accurate. The primary difference between the two lines is the QA and features that go into the drivers. In terms of hardware they are very much alike.]]>Nov 10th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
The Same used to be true with ATi's FireGL line (Pre-AMD), but I don't know you can still run Catalyst drivers on more modern stuff. ]]>Nov 12th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 11th 2008 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/GPU is still only being used at the front end while making a model.
Unless you are rendering realtime, for the price dual quadcores are the way to go (for now)]]>Nov 10th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
Woah, It models TIME? AMAZING!]]>Nov 10th 2008 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
Remember that one?]]>Nov 10th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
So yes, it is used.]]>Nov 10th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS299US299&q=define%3a+spelt]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/spelt?view=uk]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/ATI is planning to get serious in the workstation market and take that away from Nvidia ;)]]>Nov 10th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/outside_mmorpg.jpg
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But NVidia probably won't have 32bit drivers anyway:)]]>Nov 10th 2008 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
Now... theoretically, on certain versions of Windows, and on supported hardware, you can enable PAE mode for the kernel, which will then do 36bit addressing and help alleviate that issue. Or you can run a 64bit OS.

Or, one final possibility... nVidia can write drivers that swap memory the old fashioned way (ie: no flat memory space accessing), though there may be a big speed penalty... because lets say they use 512MB blocks... it would take 8 swaps to handle the card's full 4GB - and since the data could not be acted upon in one chunk, it would mean those 8 swaps may have to occur numerous times to complete a transaction.]]>Nov 11th 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
The way it ACTUALLY WORKS is that limitation is imposed on your system RAM only. The GDDR RAM on a Graphics Card (unless integrated) is address and accessed by the GPU on the card only. You CPU cannot address that RAM because it does not have access to it. This is why graphics even have an address controller stat (in bit size) in the first place, because it addresses its memory. A dedicated graphics card is basically a small computer inside your big computer. It has its own memory, own processor core, etc. The size of the memory on you graphics card has no barring on your computer available memory (unless integrated).]]>Nov 18th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Dec 21st 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
Can anyone tell me where i can sell both my kidneys?]]>Nov 10th 2008 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/
Thanks for explanation!]]>Nov 10th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/NVIDIAs-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/Nov 10th 2008 3:28PM