Mmm, yes.


Indeed.


I've maxed Fallout New Vegas wuth a Geforce 8600 GT.

That's a 2007 card with like 0 FLOPS. haha

But really, it's crazy.

I'm waiting on my HD5670 in the mail, and I think it'll handle Skyrim with Grace.

All aside, my 8600 is a little trooper, I'll feel sad to retire it.


On a side note, I seen thishttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133347 card on Newegg. o.O

What the heck are those used for? it supports OPENGL 4.0, is that even in existence yet? lol

6GB of dedicated video memory. Holy crap.

I'm still using a radeon 4850. I've clocked it so I get better performance out of it but its definitely been showing its age recently with titles like the Witcher 2.

The Quadro series of cards is Nvidia's professional line of GPU's. They have a number of features that the average person wouldn't use, but it is worth the extra price for a professional [I assume]. As such there price reflects this. They are in direct competition with AMD's "Firepro" line of GPU's.

That card would actually perform worse than a comparative gaming GPU in game performance because of how it is optimized. For whatever reason the Quadro cards have an excessive amount of VRAM. I know my Quadro 2000m has 2 GB of VRAM.

Would this be the type of card game designers use?

My thoughts as well. haha

But the 4850 is quite good. But I agree, it is showing some age.

but compared to my 8600, it looks like a Ferrari.

:intergalactic:

Potentially. If I recall correctly the card is meant for modeling programs in general, encompassing things such as medical models to 3dmax etc... I know when I go to download drivers there are several versions of the drivers optimized for different professional programs.

Hmm, I see. Quite possible indeed then.

:sweat:

Nvidia Quadro and AMD FireGL cards are for workstation applications mainly...things like AutoCAD, Solidworks, Pro E, Maya, etc. More for professional usage to get the best visuals and rendering performance. It's rather lacking in 3D acceleration, which games require. You don't buy one of these cards for games.

A 8600GT max out FNV? Makes me wonder what resolution you are running.....

Does it support 800x600?

I've got a GTX470 (full computer specs in profile) and it wasn't happy with Metro 2033 (high settings and got a steady 45fps) but that's a notoriously hardware heavy game. I don't think I'll have to upgrade/add SLI until next year.

I upgraded my desktop recently. ATI HD 6990 acts as my GPU, and that thing is huge!

I just ordered this tonight in anticipation of Skyrim:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162073

I want to make sure I can max every in game quality setting in Skyrim. I had bought a GTX 560, but it can't quite max grubby little ol' Fable III (believe it or not). Didn't want to take the chance on a game I've been waiting on for five years so I splurged a little.

Your 560 couldn't max it? What's the rest of your build?

Fable III is a poopy port - badly optimized. I have a Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.6 Ghz. I could easily max Fallout 3 and NV with the GTX 560 (and stay close to 60 FPS doing so). The GTX 580 is overkill - I know.

Goootcha haha I was really worried for a second.

I love my 6970 in my main system. It runs any game maxed at 1920x1080 with good enough FPS. (Havent played BF3 yet, I didnt download the beta)

Having had dual ATI Radeon HD 4890s before, I try to stay away from Crossfire now. I will upgrade my GPU when the 8xxx series comes out (or possibly the Nvidia 7xx cards). I like to skip a generation.

I still have a HD4850 512MB, it's running most games fine.

*nods*

There are several programs that will use GPUs for added horsepower and I think there are several movie editing programs that allow for the use of GPUs "when possible". Know i've seen an option on Sony Vegas to use the GPU but not sure how useful my ATI Radeon 5870 card would be and if it would be used on conjunction with my Core I7 920.

Those cards are workstation graphics cards with added power for helping out modeling programs as you mentioned deacon. A normal gamer would get no absolute benefit out of a card like that unless they were doing modeling on the side. Even then I bet a crossfire or SLI linked setup would provide a better use since those modeling programs are now incorporating those setups into their programming. It's just a real PITA when I you have to compile that stuff and you see your stuff jump up by 20 degrees.

You'll probably laugh when I say I have an HD 3650 that I bought about three years ago. It works for most games, and surprisingly I was able to play Metro 2033 (though I don't try for max on any game). The only time my graphics turned into a slideshow was with the single-player of "Hellgate:London". Even then, the combat had to be hectic before slowing the card down as much as it did.

I'm assuming it will work for "Skyrim" and the MMO "The Old Republic", though I'm not sure.

What the hell, who pays 4000 dollars for a graphics card.

Companies and professional video editors.