Re: Nvidia Quadro vs. GEForce

["Jarod Wilson" <user=74@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 11:43 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> I'm currently specing out a new desktop system for home. I'm not 
> planning on a gaming or a cad system, but I do want a decent 3d 
> graphics card. At this point, I'm looking only at NVidia, but I'm not 
> excluding ATI or Intel. 
> 
> Some of the Quadros have 128-bit floating point, but I may not need 
> that precision. What I do want is the ability to support some of the 
> newer widescreen or HD monitors. While I have not done any real gaming 
> in the past, I am bored with lack of 3d support on my current system, 
> and I will be upgrading to a 64-bit dual or quad core system. 
> 
> The bottom line is that the GEForce is the consumer series where Quadro 
> is the workstation or professional series. The GEForce I am looking at 
> is the 8400GS 256MB. I think this card should meet my needs and the 
> Quadro is probably an overkill.