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StandardOS 06-28-2005, 09:26 PM Hello!
First I must mention that I'm not a Hardware-Pro like you guys, so forgive me if my question sounds dumb. I'm going to buy a new desktop system. This system includes everything I want except the right graphics card. So I want to buy the graphics card separately. But first I want to ask you guys if the graphics card will match to the system. The graphics card I want to purchase is Quadro fx1400 PCI-E 128 MB
Intel Pentium 4 - 3.0 GHz (though I prefer AMD)
2 GB 400 MHz DDR-SDRAM
Hitachi 250 GB S-ATA
DVD-Burner, etc. (some other)
This set includes an installed OnBoard VGA-Chip graphics card. Will it cause problems when I install the Quadro?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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enygma
06-29-2005, 03:43 PM
You should just be able to disable the onboard video in the BIOS. If you can't, I think you are still able to use a preferred graphics adapter. I'm not sure how because I haven't tried, but I'm sure it would be similar to someone using an AGP video card and a PCI video card for the second monitor.
Just make sure you have PCI-E on your motherboard as well...
StandardOS
06-29-2005, 04:33 PM
Thanks for the help, enygma & lots
@ lots: If the motherboard has PCI-E as well, then the card should work? Does this card depend on other hardware (Quadro) or system settings or is this the only factor I should consider?
stewartjones
06-29-2005, 04:59 PM
Yup, just disable the on-board stuff, and make sure you have PCI-E and you will be set to go! (Same card as mine too!)
StandardOS
07-06-2005, 04:22 PM
Hey Guys,
Again I need your opinion. One of my friends recommended me the 7800 GTX. It's pretty hard for me to chose one of them. What do you think? Quadro FX1400 or 7800 GTX?
Thanks in advance.
btw: For me rendering is very important. Which card will show "better" results? Ok, maybe not better but which card is more decent for 3D modeling?
@ lots: If the motherboard has PCI-E as well, then the card should work? Does this card depend on other hardware (Quadro) or system settings or is this the only factor I should consider?
A PCIe video card will be quite useless to you if you only have AGP (and vice versa). You wont find both technologies on the same board (in most situations).
btw: For me rendering is very important. Which card will show "better" results?
Video cards, generally, do not have any affect on the output of your renders. Most of the benifit will be in viewport performance...
StandardOS
07-06-2005, 05:00 PM
And in your opinion which one is better?
I told you that I'm a complete (100%) newbie ^_^;
Vertizor
07-06-2005, 05:17 PM
If you're just starting out, it really doesn't make any sense to go out and buy a really expensive graphics card. Take that money and put it to use elsewhere like learning materials and software.
Stick with Nvidia, and the gamer cards. Modern video cards are plenty powerful for 3D modeling, and it might be some time before you really get into complex scene/shapes that demand that power. Even then there are tricks to work around it.
The biggest difference between Quadros and GeForce gamer cards is that the Quadro drivers don't take shortcuts for performance sake. If you're doing CAD visualization that requires very accurate results then the Quadro is a must. If you're just modeling something that's ultimately going to be rendered (by the CPU) accuracy is less a big deal.
StandardOS
07-06-2005, 05:22 PM
I think I got what you mean. You know, actually I know how to model and to render, so I'm not a newbie to a 3D-app, but when it comes to hardware I'm lost.
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