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TheIvIaxx
07-25-2004, 03:56 AM
at what point does one realize the need for opengl (quadro) over D3D (radeon)?

i have a fx 500, now on ebay :) and all of my games blow ass, and the only thing that runs well is wings3d. when wings was running i loved it, damn near impossible to slow it down in my normal modelling routine. max on the other hand, with the same model, would be very slow. I have a suspicion it's the card.

anyhow, i was wondering how often you reach into the realms where opengl really shines? i consider myself to be a serious cg guy, but i am not too sure if and when i actually fully utilize opengl.

so i am at a dillema, should i stick with the quadros and get a 1000/1100 or say screw it and go with a radeon 9800? anyone have good times with a radeon and max? does the radeon even have opengl support or purely d3d?

thanks
sumpm1
07-25-2004, 10:56 AM
Of course the number one gaming card has OpenGl support! A 9800 can be sotware modded into a FireGl X2 , go for it, it'll be a great card, decent price. Better of going for a card that can be soft modded to a Workstation card then to spend the big bucks to get a mediocre Workstation card, believe me. As for Wings running so well compared to Max I can't say exactly why that would be, but I believe that Wings doesn't even use OpenGl at all, it is all software rendering.
imashination
07-25-2004, 11:55 AM
so i am at a dillema, should i stick with the quadros and get a 1000/1100 or say screw it and go with a radeon 9800?

Why not the magic third answer: GF 6800GT
JamesMK
07-25-2004, 12:23 PM
Sidenote: Wings3D does indeed use OGL.
sumpm1
07-26-2004, 09:15 AM
Sidenote: Wings3D does indeed use OGL.
Sorry for the misinformation.
3Dfx_Sage
07-26-2004, 11:51 PM
ATI will have a completely rewritten OpenGL driver sometime next year. the reason they are doing that is because... well... their current one sucks. With the Quadro- were you using the MAXtreme drivers? If not, you should be.
siftingsand
07-27-2004, 04:29 AM
even with the soft mod for the ati... dont expect any stability.. I tried the mod on my 9800 pro.. and it didnt help much.


get quadrofx.. i wish i did.. lol
Novakog
07-27-2004, 05:24 AM
Why not the magic third answer: GF 6800GT

I'm with him.
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