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    Firepro/Quadro vs. GeForce

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by slapshot30, Feb 18, 2012.

  1. slapshot30

    slapshot30 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, I'm looking into several notebooks right now but I'm in a bit of a grind when it comes to the graphics cards. I'm in engineering so 3D rendering is key, but I also game quite a bit (BF3, Skyrim, etc). From what I understand, the firepro/quadro are more business professional grade and the geforce is more for pure gaming. If I am going to be doing a lot of 3D rendering AND gaming, which card would better suit? How bad would gaming suffer if I went with a firepro/quadro? How bad would rendering suffer if I went with a geforce? My budget is a little above $1000 for the notebook, so the top of the line graphics cards are out of the question.
     
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  2. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    1-2fps with nvidia

    maybe a little more with ATI, but IDK....
     
    whitrzac, Feb 18, 2012
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