NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M vs NVIDIA Geforce 9800M Series (for gaming)

According to this site:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

The Quadro graphic card is comparable to the Geforce 9800M GT/GTS/GTX.

What is the difference between this graphic card and the 9800M?
Is it able to run games as good as the 9800?
Is it possible to adapt it? Maybe install the drivers of the 9800M series in it to run games better?

 

the Quadro 3700M is supposed equivalent (and slight faster) than the 9800M GTX

Quadro 3700M = 128 shaders
9800M GTX = 112 shaders

However, the Quadro requires a lot more power and probably will produce more heat.

Quadro's can game fine as long as the drivers are stable for gaming.

Geforce's are made for gaming, Quadro's are originally made for OpenGL 3D.

 

Quadro's play games clearer but usually slower than geforce cards.
I have a quaddro fx2500M, and it performs equivalent to the 7900GTX/7950GTX. It plays games very well. Their is a problem though which is easily fixable. The quadros will automatically set back to run FSAA antialiasing, which will make the game look super clear, but it will run at low framerates. You can use riva tuner or the custom INF graphics drivers from laptopvideo2go, to workaround the FSAA always being on.
I know that when I play crysis, or when I did to be more exact, my card would natively run the game at 16x FSAA which resulted in like 6fps. When I forced the FSAA down to 2x or off, the card performed as well or better than the geforece equivalent.

Quadro's do get hotter, since they usually draw a substantial amount more power. The 7950GTX used 45 watts, but my FX2500M uses 65 watts. The quadro will run a bit hotter, but its excellent performance and ability to run games, and CAD amazing are worth it, that is if your budget allows for it.

K-TRON

 

That's good to know. So they are decent to play, just need some adaptations...

 

I'm dealing with this same thing. Someone just suggested I look at Dell's Precision 6400 Covet system, which has a Quadro 3700...which yeah, in terms of processors is actually the same as the desktop 8800/9800GTX, which is awesome...

But I'm not clear...can you just force the regular Geforce reference drivers to install (as you can for mobile Geforce GPUs) and have it show up as a Geforce and act okay for games?

I have NO interest in it being a Quadro-I just want it to act like a Geforce.

(EDIT: I'm hoping that Precision can really be pushed hard too...like really I'd like to run Folding @ Home on all FOUR CPUs, AND the GPU, all the time, as I would on a desktop system )

 

Why not take a look at the Sager np9262? You can have your 3700M, and a desktop quad, for at least $1k less than the Precision.

 

Thanks for the suggestion! (It would even let me just get a Geforce GPU to save money and sidestep all the questions about compatibility.)

Unfortunately I'm looking for an LED backlit screen, so my options are kind of limited I don't think Sager offers any (at least on high-end notebooks like I'm interested in).

 

The Precision is built better and offer 3 years warranty. However, I assume you can get the same coverage from Sager.