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    NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3600M VS NVIDIA 8800M GTX

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by TipTip, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. TipTip

    TipTip Notebook Evangelist

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    Which one is better for both high end gaming and Engineering software?

    the

    NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3600M

    or

    NVIDIA 8800M GTX

    AND what is the ADVANTAGE of the NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3600M over the 8800M GTX?
     
    TipTip, Jul 13, 2008
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    The FX3600m is based on the 8800M GTS. Its gaming performance will be somewhat poorer than the 8800M GTX. It may outperform the 8800M GTX in certain applications due to the Quadro optimized drivers.
     
    dtwn, Jul 13, 2008
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  3. Nirvana

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    FX 3600M is based on 8800m GTS, which is approximately 15-25% cut of 8800m GTX. I think FX 3600M has better 3d-model rendering.
     
    Nirvana, Jul 13, 2008
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  4. Gophn

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    ^^^ what they said.

    The Quadro's are great for both gaming (equivalent to their Geforce brother) and great for 3D editing (which Geforce can do, but not as well in OpenGL apps)
     
    Gophn, Jul 13, 2008
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    3D Studio Max 2k9 supports DirectX rendering (DX9 and DX10), so it works well with the 8800m GTX. Maya 2k9 doesn't support DirectX (not that I could find), so enabling high detail rendering will yield low frame rates. Maya uses OpenGL.
     
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  6. Gophn

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    I know that certain 3D apps, like SolidWorks, requires a Quadro or FireGL card... no way to really get around that if you have a Geforce or Radeon.
     
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    you can get Quadro drivers for a GeForce card, but I guess I'm not sure if that would get around that.
     
    chipmoney, Jul 13, 2008
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    That wouldn't work for 8-series currently. Trust me, I tried.
     
    Nirvana, Jul 13, 2008
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    i was running solidworks on a 9600xt on my soon to be replaced desktop. I don't think "requires" is quite accurate, though I would imagine there is a performance gain.
     
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    are you serious? I cannot even run those applications with a Geforce card? I thought they are just not optimized for 3d rendering apps, but they are not supported at all?
     
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  11. Gophn

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    I mean for professional use, SolidWorks will be better with a OpenGL videocard (Quadro or FireGL).... for multiple windows open.

    you can only do a single window if you are using a consumer level card... which is not efficient when you are doing multiple 3D edits.
     
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    @Brendon, it is not required to run solidworks, but is required to run certain features, ie "realview"
     
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  13. Gophn

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    You can run those apps, but it won't run as well or have certain features that a OpenGL tweaked card (Quadro or FireGL) can do.

    Most apps will let you use a consumer level card, but some (like SolidWorks) will want an OpenGL card (Quadro/FireGL)

    Here is a SolidWorks requirements page:
    http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/videocardtesting.html
     
    Gophn, Jul 13, 2008
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