nVidia Video Card
nVidia Video Card
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I would like to get a nVidia Video Card for my home computer. I have a Gateway AMD 3800+ Dual Core, 3Gb of RAM and Windows XP Pro. I was looking at the Quadro FX 1500 and Quadro FX 3450. Any suggestions about a video card. Thanks.
I would like to get a nVidia Video Card for my home computer. I have a Gateway AMD 3800+ Dual Core, 3Gb of RAM and Windows XP Pro. I was looking at the Quadro FX 1500 and Quadro FX 3450. Any suggestions about a video card. Thanks.
Cheers,
Ralph Wright, CSWP
SolidWorks 2005, SP5.0
P4, 2.53Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Fire GL8800 Card
Windows 2000 Pro






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RE: nVidia Video Card
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
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The FX3450/3500 cards need a faster cpu to reach their full potential (I came to this conclusion after benchmarking my FX1400 and FX3500 on several systems).
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
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RE: nVidia Video Card
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'
RE: nVidia Video Card
I saw strange artifacts and things that wouldn't refresh right away on my old system, thinking I was running out of card power with the huge assemblies and complex geometry I was doing. That stuff (for the most part) did NOT go away with the upgraded system and card. It appears a certain amount of what I didn't like is actually endemic to SolidWorks.
Hence, I'd go for more processor power (and did) in a system on my next purchase as well.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: nVidia Video Card
CPU / MHz | Video card | Rendering 1 core | Rendering multiple cores | Shading CINEMA 4D | Shading software OpenGL | Shading hardware OpenGL
1. C2D 3370 | FX3500OC | 584 | 1097 | 677 | 2398 | 7971
2. C2D 3240 | FX3500OC | 562 | 1053 | 653 | 2310 | 7784
3. C2D 3440 | FX1400OC | 594 | 1126 | 697 | 2459 | 7654
4. C2D 3440 | FX1400OC | 603 | 1128 | 696 | 2453 | 7621
5. C2D 2920 | FX3500 | 507 | 956 | 590 | 2082 | 6916
6. C2D 3370 | FX3500 | 582 | 1098 | 680 | 2205 | 5179
7. C2D 3440 | FX1400 | 603 | 1121 | 696 | 2221 | 4766
8. Opty 175 2640 | FX3500OC | 444 | 831 | 435 | 1799 | 4726
9. Opty 175 2637 | FX3500 | 442 | 831 | 436 | 1798 | 4688
10. Opty 175 2637 | FX3500 | 442 | 825 | 436 | 1790 | 4669
11. C2D 3340 | FX3500 | 603 | 1120 | 695 | 2208 | 4572
12. HP 2085ea 1833| Geforce 7200 | 273 | 492 | 321 | 1261 | 1972
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer
RE: nVidia Video Card
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he'
RE: nVidia Video Card
Cheers,
Ralph Wright, CSWP
SolidWorks 2005, SP5.0
P4, 2.53Ghz
1.5 Gb RAM
ATI Fire GL8800 Card
Windows 2000 Pro