I wouldn't really call this a "rare problem", considering every studio I've ever been at has run into these problems.

You have a choice... Between Quadros that is :/

We usually swapped the cards with a different model. If it was a Geforce, we usually switched them with Radeons; or if there was one available, a Quadro. Yes, I've seen the behaviour on both...

Yes, it sounds exactly what I have experienced before. And as I said in a previous thread, it was very machine-dependent. Another machine with the exact same specs, image, etc; could act very...

Have you tried running a trial on Linux to see if you still have the problem?

I've actually had this problem with Maya 7, through 2009; so I don't think it's a QT problem, but they've sure caused...

I've had the updating issue many times at a few studios. The only way we could "fix" it, is to swap out the video cards. In my experience, ATI's were handled much better than Geforces, but had their...