quadro 3600 and Sager 9262

I was wondering if since the quadro 1600 is now available for the 9262, if you can order it with the new quadro 3600 yet?

 

no,not yet,but i thought it is equal to 8800?

 

I think it is, but I need to be able to use Maya and I am not sure if the 8800 will work with it, seems like someone told me it would not. I would rather get 8800, even in SLI, but I don't think I can??? Please correct me if I am wrong?

 

The Quadro 1600M is available for the Sager 9262 (D901C) and 5793 (M570RU)... just contact your vendor and specify that you want it.

The Quadro 3600M will be available soon.

 

Gophn, thanks for the info. I want to order the 9262, but need a quadro so I guess I need to wait for quadro 3600 Any clue as to when "soon" might be for the 3600 becoming available? I really appreciate your time and thanks!

 

Soon should mean the date Dell and HP start shipping the notebooks with 3600M.

 

Quadro 3600M is available already for order... but limited to one or two notebook models.

When it is made into a MXM Type IV module, then all of the Clevo D901C's and M570RU will have them.

I am not sure on timeframe... only it will be from Q2-Q3 2008

 

Thanks for the quick replies, it is nice to have a place to go to with questions about the computer you are interested in purchasing and see what other people are commenting on that particular model, I have learned this is place for your questions.

 

dell allready is shipping it with the m6300 there have been sightings allready

 

Hello,
first time poster, finally registered, I've been speculating for almost a year now...

anyways, I'm having the same decision problem --

same rhino/maya/rendering intense models for architecture, starting my masters this coming up fall

Q: I'm 99% sure to go with the sager 5793 - with the x9000 core2 extreme
debating on the quadro fx 1600m vs the geforce 8800gtx
-I understand the equalities, 1600m=8700gt

would it be better to go for the 2.5x increase and choose the 8800gtx? Will it outperform the quadrofx 1600m in terms of opengl/ rendering/etc... or should I wait until the fx 3600m arrives (if it will for the 5793...)

I have around 3000 budget, give or take 500 but I would like to purchase soon, within a month or two to get it ready by august

Thanks

 

Yes. The 8800M GTX will still be better than any other card ,except for the 3600M in your case.
The 5793 would be an excelent choice in both money and quality,but most importantly , customer support.
You may want to wait until July though when the 5793 refresh with Montevina platform will be released with e-sata and HDMI port

 

If you have around $3000, I would just go for the 8800M GTX.

If and when the Quadro 3600M is available, it will be beyond your budget... for not much better performance than the 8800M GTX.

The Quadro 1600M is fine for CAD and Maya as well, it just depends on exactly what kind of modeling/rendering you are doing, which might depend more on CPU & RAM rather than GPU.

 

One thing I'm uncertain on is upgradeability

with the 5793 will I (self-remove/self-install) be able to switch b/w the 1600m(or 8800gtx) to the 3600m, or is that a motherboard chipset issue

As for CPU/Ram, I would think for my type of work, extreme rendering/maya work/ I was looking at the x9000 b/c of efficiency and the possibility of OC'ing to the max - seems like the train to jump on right now as the core2 duo T9500 has less of a processing power/future than the x9000...

my other option was the same as the topic starter, the 9262 with a quad core Q6700 but im turned away from the power consumption of it

the size of the 5793 is a real turn on, I don't care about the cooling noise/ but am more interested in sheer power that the 9262 can offer... I need something that will last 3-4-5 yrs through grad school and is a future investment

 

I question the value of the X9000 as CPU will not likely be your bottleneck, and I would clearly wait for Montevino.

 

Satch , then get the 9262. It`s more futureproof and quad cores can only help your work.
Also ,the possibility of having 4 CPU,2 GPU and 3 HDDs is the best thing about it.

 

The Sager 5793 is a great notebook. But why not wait for the newer Montevina platform coming out in July? By the way, the Quadro FX1600/3600 are great video cards. They don't heat up as much as the 8700/8800 GTX and they save more power. It all depends on what you are looking for.

 

I have very little experience with using Maya and basically any 3D creation software but I am very familiar with Unreal Editor. When doing the light and shadow mapping, it is the CPU that really comes into play when prepping a map for rendering. From what I have heard, a quad core system handles it with ease (I have no quads so I do not know sure, I could be spreading false info). Of course, this could all be for nothing if Maya, etc. handle mapping differently than Unreal Ed. I just think that the CPU is going to be your main bottleneck for performance when dealing with editing type software, not the GPU.

 

is it possible to flash 8800m into quadro 3600?

 

I'm also wondering if its possible to configure the 8800m into a quadro 3600, I'm stuck between the 9262 or the 9573... I like the body and dimensions of the 5793, but i really need it for hardcore maya/cad/rhino applications

also if an overclocked x9000 will be able to give me the processing power that is close to a q6600, or if i should wait for q9450 to come to the sager 9262...
suggestions?

 

It's said its best to get a gaming card even for modeling. Its more overall. Whereas those quadro cards do opengl good but then suck at gaming.

 

not true at all, for instance the fx3500 and 7950gtx are essentially identical in gaming