From: Bram Stolk (bram++at++sara.nl)
Date: 06/28/2001 09:09:28
Boris Mansencal wrote:
> Actually, I am mainly interested by the difference between a Quadro2 Pro
> and a GeForce 3.
>
Uh, I don't have benchmark numbers for you.
However, I do have some advice:
Stay clear from the Quadro variants:
They are a silly fabrication of the nVidia marketing dept.
A plain geforce can be promoted to a quadro, simply by
adding a resistor to it. You can read it allover the web,
e.g. at:
http://195.80.222.33/quadromxr/hack%20this%20card/index.html
Quadro is nVidia's idea of selling the same product at a much
higher price on the CAD market wrt the games market.
Also, www.tomshardware.com did a review op OpenGL cards under
windows recently. You may want to read that. Personally I would
go for the GFIII. nVidia's drivers are closed-source but the
GFIII is well supported under linux.
Bram
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