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# 1 13-11-2002 , 10:54 PM

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This is a question I am posting on behalf of a user that is having trouble activating his account..

His name is Jasi.

I said I would post it here for a better outcome.

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Which is a good graphics card to go for, for Maya - especially Animation (I've divided into 2 categories):

1) For reasonable mid-range price and good performance.
2) Price not important, full-on performance.

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# 2 13-11-2002 , 11:07 PM

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for a mid-range card.. well there are a couple of good ones out there... user added image

can't seam to think off any..

as for price not important.. well my mind goes to Wildcat III 6210..

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# 3 13-11-2002 , 11:57 PM

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# 4 14-11-2002 , 11:52 AM

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heh, well the wildcat 4 is out now too for an even heftier price.

Personally i have a wildcat vp870 which cost me $580 and ive been having major problems with it lately and have actually put my old gf2mx in.

If you use media player or anything like that i would probably advise against 3dlabs cards as i am sure you will have some problems.

Even though im on a stable card right now, i still wonder whether my system is going to reset itself when I ALT+TAB like it was doing two days ago on my vp user added image

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The quadro xdccs are of course as stable and bugfree as any other geforce card and run pretty darn fast.
They have just released an upgraded agp 8x version too.
If money isnt a thing i would advise you go with the xgl 900 or wait to see exactly what nvidias nv30 has to offer.

Ive not heard anyone say anything good about any of ATI's GL cards and well the 9700 pro still has pretty iffy drivers to a few people i know who bought them.

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# 5 14-11-2002 , 02:26 PM

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ATI FireGL 8800 is what i've got...works great for maya...i had some issues, but that was with my motherboard not liking it at first. drivers are actually pretty good.

check out the brand-new FireGL X1 though! i think i might upgrade to that...

256 MB, DirectX9 support, dual display, I think.

It'll be about 999 USD.

www.fireglx1.com

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# 6 14-11-2002 , 08:20 PM

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can cards like quadro 4's play games as well as gf4 ti's ?

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# 7 14-11-2002 , 11:06 PM

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the quadro 4 kicks ass in that doom3 alpha apparently.
60-70 fps steady

dont really need dx* for maya do you ?

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# 8 14-11-2002 , 11:29 PM

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As far as i know, quadro's play games pretty well. They're real good all round cards being that they're workstation cards. They're Maya certified as well as 3ds max, adobe premiere, photoshop, illustrator as well as a host of cad software. Fingers crossed im hopefully getting mine, the 750 XGL within the next 10 days or so.

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# 9 14-11-2002 , 11:36 PM

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Originally posted by mrmacca
Fingers crossed im hopefully getting mine... within the next 10 days or so.

Originally Posted by

lol.. same here

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# 10 15-11-2002 , 01:05 AM

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We can compare notes then user added image

Just curious Roman, how much are you getting the card for? It's $559 here from Newegg.

Last edited by mrmacca; 15-11-2002 at 06:13 AM.

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# 11 15-11-2002 , 12:09 PM

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for a high priced card i recommend the ati fire gl 4 - got good reviews on that...
For a midranged card - for maya - ati radeon 9700 pro... future proof too

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# 12 15-11-2002 , 08:42 PM

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So guys if this was my choice (which it isn`t...what one is the better?)

1) nvidia quadro 4 750xg or
2) NVIDIA® GeForce4™ Titanium 4600"

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# 13 15-11-2002 , 08:50 PM

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I would deffenately go with the Quadro 4...

the way i see it is this:

GeForce series are better for games

Quadros are simply better for maya and 3D

-Emo

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