The everyday GPU or 3D rendering GPU?

skoreanime · December 11th, 2007

Like the title says, which one? I've got a friend who works a lot with heavy apps like AutoCAD, Artlantis, 3D Studio Max etc... I don't know too much on the 3D rendering specific cards myself, so though I'd ask for some opinions. He doesn't game too much, and if he needs to, he's got a $2500 laptop that

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Cheers!

**mudlord** · December 11th, 2007

I'd say it will be wise to get a dedicated card, such as one in the GeForce Quadro series..

StriderVM · December 11th, 2007

Laptop? Dedicated 3D rendering card? It doesn't seem to match. There's the FireGL and Quadro video cards, but I remember them being desktop type rathan than laptop type. So I would suggest a desktop. For a laptop. There's very little choice it seems.

fried_egg · December 11th, 2007

he said the laptop was for gaming.

skoreanime · December 11th, 2007

Ah, sorry, let me be a bit more clear. He already has a kick ass laptop, this topic is for a desktop GPU. I just read that FireGL and Quadro have different drivers and are a tad slower then your everyday GPU, but they pump out better quality.

runawayprisoner · December 11th, 2007

Yes, they pump out better quality. But to be quite honest... I'd think that he should either get a 8800GT board (won't help much. Trust me) OR an ultra-clocked multicore processor... something like a Penryn running at 4GHz - 5GHz, and lots of RAM (will be a TREMENDOUS help), and stick with something that can display 3D just fine... like a GeForce 7xxxx board or an ATI Radeon X19xx board.

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skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,878	The everyday GPU or 3D rendering GPU? Like the title says, which one? I've got a friend who works a lot with heavy apps like AutoCAD, Artlantis, 3D Studio Max etc... I don't know too much on the 3D rendering specific cards myself, so though I'd ask for some opinions. He doesn't game too much, and if he needs to, he's got a $2500 laptop that . Cheers! __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

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StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,683	Laptop? Dedicated 3D rendering card? It doesn't seem to match. There's the FireGL and Quadro video cards, but I remember them being desktop type rathan than laptop type. So I would suggest a desktop. For a laptop. There's very little choice it seems. __________________ Current PC specs : Emaxx EMX-MCP61P-AVL (RIP : MSI K9VGM-V 07/26/2008 ) AMD Athlon64 X2 5600 OCed @ 3206Mhz (229x14) (1.43v) GeCube Radeon 3850 256MB gDDR3 OCed @ 735/1000 2x1024MB DDR2 667Mhz RAM (One PQI one Kingston.... O_o)

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skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,878	Ah, sorry, let me be a bit more clear. He already has a kick ass laptop, this topic is for a desktop GPU. I just read that FireGL and Quadro have different drivers and are a tad slower then your everyday GPU, but they pump out better quality. __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

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mudlord add eax, -128 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Outer Rim.. Posts: 1,521	I'd say it will be wise to get a dedicated card, such as one in the GeForce Quadro series..

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fried_egg Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: indiana Posts: 401	he said the laptop was for gaming.