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Michael James
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2008-10-06 14:14
    Hi I have just spent some cash on a second 22" ultraSharp dell display and a space navigator for my Capture PC. I only have a 256mb graphics card. My next purchase will be a new graphics card and I am looking at getting one with at least a 1gb of memory. I am looking to spend around £250 - £300 on the card. This is the card I am close to ordering and just wonder what the Capture team or any users think or the card? Has anyone got one? I'm looking for a card which will make Capture Polar a little smoother. At the moment on my 256mb card I really have to turn of Polar graphics to make it usable. Will this card make Capture fly? Cheers Mic.

    Lars Wernlund
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    2008-10-07 08:45
    Hi Michael,

    I think you forgot to add a link/description of the graphics card you'd like our opinion on!


    Regards,
    Lars Wernlund
    Technical Director
    Capture Visualisation AB

    Michael James
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    2008-10-07 14:44
    Sorry for not posting the link, must have been on another planet. The cards spec are the following: Video Memory: 1GB Memory Type: GDDR3 Core Clock: 675 MHZ Memory Interface: 512-bit Memory Clock: 2100 MHZ Shader Clock: 1674 MHZ Stream Processors: 256 Memory Bandwidth: 134.4GB/Sec. http://www.compusa.com/ap...BBCjCVRqCjCVRqCjCVRq Cheers Michael.

    Lars Wernlund
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    2008-10-08 08:31
    Hi Michael,

    Yes, that is a good card!


    Regards.
    Lars Wernlund
    Technical Director
    Capture Visualisation AB

    Robert Fuller
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    2008-10-08 12:48

    Hi,

    I currently use a NVIDIA 8800GTS, which works fine. At some point in the future, though, I will want to upgrade it and was wondering if I would get any benefits by choosing a NVIDIA Quadro card instead of one of their consumer cards.

    I don't do much (if any) gaming, so Capture is the most demanding program in terms of graphics. NVIDIA claim their Quadro cards are best suited for CAD/3D applications on their website.

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks,

    Robert

    Lars Wernlund
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    2008-10-08 14:40
    Hi Robert,

    The Quadro series cards are largely based on the same hardware as the GeForce series. With other words, they are not much faster. The large difference lies in the drivers though - the Quadro drivers are a lot better! I personally traded the 8800 Ultra for a Quadro 4500 and things got slower, probably because the 8800 Ultra had so fast memory.

    No, if you're looking at new ways of spending your money, I think you should have a look at the new 260/280 series from NVidia!

    Regards,
    Lars Wernlund
    Technical Director
    Capture Visualisation AB

    Robert Fuller
    Basic Member
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    2008-10-09 15:29

    Hi Lars,

    Thanks for the info. I want a bigger monitor first, so after that, if things slow down, I might get one of those! I wonder how long it will be before graphics cards take up three expansion slots in a PC?!

    Cheers,

    Robert
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