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04-10-2008, 10:11 AM
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| quadro fx1600m or 8800m gtx on laptop... building me a new notebook and trying to decide on whether to get the quadro or the new 8800m gtx. will be running autocad architecture 2008 on it, so not sure what card will help run it better. thanks |
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04-10-2008, 10:33 AM
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| Re: quadro fx1600m or 8800m gtx on laptop... Building one? I haven't heard of many people that take a project like that up but I would say go with the 8800m GTX. Heres some more info on it: Nvidia Prepares GeForce 8800M GTX; Specs Leaked
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04-10-2008, 11:07 AM
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| Re: quadro fx1600m or 8800m gtx on laptop... I believe that the quadro series cards have a driver optimized for autocad software. I would look for reviews on the quadro card that you are interested in getting.
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04-10-2008, 11:18 AM
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| Re: quadro fx1600m or 8800m gtx on laptop... 8800 series is built for speed and if I am not mistaken the Quadros are built for accuracy. For AutoCAD I would definately get the Quadro. But if you have other needs in mind also (such as gaming) then the 8800 would work for both. Just depends on your particular situation.
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04-10-2008, 11:22 AM
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| Re: quadro fx1600m or 8800m gtx on laptop... From what I can gather, Quadro (and I'm assuming FireGL) hardware offers the following benefits: 1. Render order is always observed for accuracy first (gaming cards are allowed to shuffle to maintain framerate). This probably affects things like viewport rendering and/or GPU assisted rendering (Nvidia Gelato) 2. Drivers are more 'stable' (usually they are just a revision or two older than the most current drivers) 3. Support, both technical/warranty. |
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