Sergio Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Hi all, Hi Greg! I am about to buy video card, and I was wandering for 3DS Max 5, witch card to buy. I had in mind 4200, because I was told that 4800 is little bit better, and I will not fill it, also 4200 is a lot less expensive. Question is, is 4200 good not much worse than 4800, and this is just for fun, how is Quadro 500 compering with those, because it is in the same price bracket and is only 64Mb. Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted March 16, 2003 Author Share Posted March 16, 2003 I forgot to put 8x for 4200 and 4800. Another question is about monitor, what is gonna benifit my eyes and productivity better ViewSonic flat 17" or some other make 19" but not flat monitor. And about RAM: somemody told me that is not so good to use all 3 slots, so I am planning in my new computer to put 2x 512 Mb 266Mhz DDR, or is better to pit 3x 512 Mb 266Mhz DDR (bigger is better (not always ), but I am warried about stability). Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted March 17, 2003 Author Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hi again from me! Looks I got here my own little discussion on my own , but you can participate if you want. There is another little information regarding monitors, 17" monitor got refrate rate 65 Hz, while 19" got 75 Hz at the same resolution. I am strongly thinking that I should go for 19", I just need somebodys support, should I say oppinion. Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I just accidently hit back after typing about a page of information. Thus you'll have to wait until my aggravation level reduces itself before I attempt this again. For now in quick summary. 1) Never buy a monitor with less then 85 hertz at the resolution you work at. Its bad for your eyes otherwise. 2) A ti 4800 is a Ti 4600 with AGP 8x. 3) The Quadro4 500 is based off the mx archiecture, and is generally considered crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted March 17, 2003 Author Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hi Greg! thanx for the info. I know exactly how you feel, I will wait for you to recharge batterys, it's not a problem. Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffaello.S. Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 HI Sergio can I interrupt ?.. Take a Gforce and softmodit!...softquadro4, it will give about the same performance as the quadro versions.. For more info about this soft mod, go to the: www.guru3d.com site and then in the forum to the rivatuner topics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 There are some limitations of softquadro, especially with the Geforce4 line. If you can afford a Quadro, then by all means get one, there are subtle advantages in the quadro line which can NOT be reproduced no matter how much hacking and soldering you do . Like the capability of outputting Dual DVI-I at 1920x1200. No Geforce4 has this capability (they max out at 1600x1200 DVI-I) The differences can be best summed up as so. If your bills are paid with the work you do in 3D, then buy a quadro. If you do 3d as a hobby, are a student, or its a secondary or tertiary income source, buy the cheapest thing that gets the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 there are subtle advantages in the quadro line which can NOT be reproduced no matter how much hacking and soldering you doLike the capability of outputting Dual DVI-I at 1920x1200. If your bills are paid with the work you do in 3D, then buy a quadro.Is there anything else in specific--I wasn't planning to use a DVI monitor--just analog CRT. I am still in denial about having a life without MAX. Are there other differences between the GF4s and the Qs? I will be buying one or the other fairly soon. I think I do earn my cookies from 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Originally posted by Greg Hess: 2) A ti 4800 is a Ti 4600 with AGP 8x. Keep in mind that there are two 4800's... th regular 4800 and the 4800 SE 4800 = 4600 at 8x 4800 SE = 4400 at 8x Most of the 4800 you see are 4800 SE's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Thanks for making that point Christopher. Its very important to know . Ernest, I'll just touch on the differences now. (Really Busy at work)...actually too busy bbl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted March 17, 2003 Author Share Posted March 17, 2003 Hi guys! at work I got Quadro 750, and price is $1260 so now you can see why I want to get cheaper card(for my new computer) orangeno my heart is shreading when I see prices in US. And I do full time 3D at work and part time at home, sometimes I sleep too :ngesleep: Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 Greg, under your influence, I will get 19" and will use 1280x1024 at 85Hz I had in mind GF 4200 it costs $350. At the moment on my home computer I got TNT2 with AMD 750, So I will get: Gigabyte 400 M/B, 1Gb RAM DDR 266 (2x512), AMD 2200+ SPU, 2x80Gb Maxtor HDD's, 19" monitor, and most probably GF 4200, I guess if you compare to TNT2, it is going to be faster, I am working with Quadro 750 as I write this letter, but here you can buy whole system for the price of Q750. Above system is gonna cost me about $1600(incudin key/b etc.) Regards Sergio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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