Quadro/FireGL
 

hey, im lookin to buy a new gfx card with my new computer, heres what i can choose from:

quadro fx 1000
quadro4 900XGL
FireGL X1 (128mb)
FireGL Z1

im lookin for a card thats good in maya, but ALSO good in games, which out of the 4 works best for that combination?

and which ones better for maya alone?

will they fit in an asus a7n8x deluxe mboard?

ok, a slightly easier question first

does the graphics card speed up rendering or improve render quality at all?

Short answer: No.

Harware rendered particles may get some boost on speed and quality but software renderer (the normal renderer) doesn't have anything to do with the gfx card.

so basically it just speeds up your viewport?

ATi say:
"Cinematic rendering and animation "

how can they provide cinematic rendering without makin images look better? or is it just a marketing thing?

sorry to break up your thread nem
but if you get more RAM put in your CPU will that speed up renders ?
or let you render things that take a lot of memory ?

If your scene needs more ram than you have, it will greatly slow it down. If you have more ram than the scene needs to render, it won't help a bit.

Hmm, actually Nvidia es getting out shortly the QuadroFX card (The same as GeforceFx) but enhanced for workstations and 3d animation.

I suppose it would work on games also.

apparently the quadros show a lot of artifacts in games, but have great drivers for 3D, and the FireGL are the other way around? is this true? :confused:

youd probably be better off going for a high end gaming card with lots of ram. That way it should perform ok in maya and be perfect for games. Probably cheaper than a proper 3d/CAD card aswell.

however if your doing proffesional type stuffs, the proper gfx is obviously necessary. :D

lol
i can only have a max of 1.5gb of ram when i originally wanted two :(
but anyway, i wanted a professional card for maya to speed up viewport displays cos i really hate it when i have to do lots of playblasts cos it wont play at correct speed, to have to re-render stuff, so bring on the power :D