Brian Cassil Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Okay, so we've seen the benchmarks for the new geforce fx cards and that's all fine and dandy if you want to play games with them but what about actually working with them. I mean how do they compare to the "proffesional" cards like the quadro 750 or 900? Also, I understand that there will be a quadro fx but when? and for how much? I really like the price of the geforce fx at $399. I'm guessing the quadro fx will be around $1000. I'm in the market for a new system so I guess my question is do I go with the geforce fx now (well, soon anyway) or wait for the quadro version and will whatever price difference there is be justified by the extra power? Keep in mind I care a lot more about being able to freely navigate through large complex scenes than I do about AA/AF and such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHaidar Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 There was a news item on the QuadroFX boards on ExtremeTech last week The prices may change though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwright Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 We have the 900 here and GF4's.. both are the same thing, only noticed that z-buffer is superior on the q's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffaello.S. Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Hi, you can also try a radeon 9700 pro with the softfiregl....you'll have a FIREGL X1 with 128 Mb.. Not BAD?.. I have it and is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 You can also softquadro the Geforce 4 ti's into Quadro's...its not 100% as fast as a quadro, but its close, and helps with certain types of scenes and what not. As for the FX...here's some quick points. 1) Its excessively loud...so much so that it even annoys john carmack. In some cases the addition of the card to a computer system results in the video card producing more noise then the rest of the system combined. 2) Its got some initial driver bugs. AA isn't working right, as well as some other tearing issues. 3) Overall, its only 10% faster then the nearest competition (the 9700 pro) at almost a 150 USD higher price. Positives? It looks damn cool. The drivers will get better, and the performance will get better. Will it get quieter? Nvidia claims the shipping version is quieter, but its reported to still be loud enough to hear over the rest of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110896,00.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Originally posted by Greg Hess: You can also softquadro the Geforce 4 ti's into Quadro's...its not 100% as fast as a quadro, but its close, and helps with certain types of scenes and what not. Greg, how can I do this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Hmm... Good question. I don't quite know the URL offhand...just that its possible. Since the Geforce4/Quadro4's actually have different transistor counts, I didn't follow the softquadro scene like I did with the earlier cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulcalif Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Softquadro Link: http://www.guru3d.com/comments.php?category=1&id=749 I installed last night, works great. Very Important point, you need to patch, and install drivers older than 41.03, as per the directions. You also need to get the Maxtreme drivers from Nvidia's website... Quick breakdown(see quadro link for details): 1. install riva tuner and quadro patch data 2. unpack(don't run) Nvidia drivers older than 41.03 3. run riva tuner and patch the drivers/card 4. uninstall current driver 5. reboot, and install patched drivers manually(thru windows new hardware) 6. card should id as quadro 7. install maxtreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Hi Paul, Which card did u patch? Do you feel any performance difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulcalif Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 I patched a ti4600. The performance increase is nice! Here are some quick benchmarks I did. I don't know if timing is revealing for each of the cases, as some of the times are similar. However, you can clearly see that in some cases, the patch is a big win. Benchmark File, OpenGL(sec), Maxtreme(sec) wireframe2, 75, 29 4view, 10, 5 8omni, 3, 3 dualplanes, 28, 28 geometry1, 29, 5 transparency, 19, 9 texture2, 19, 17 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 snip-et: creative gf4 image quality + dvi + 100x better than before: http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=95040275 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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