I don't know how the quadro performs in games....but if you like games alot and your budget supports it....get a Geforce 6 series PCI express card.....the quadro cards I think are tailored more specifically to 3D apps and CAD stuff. The quadro FX 4400 and the Geforce 6800 Ultra are close in performance according to memory bandwidth and basic specs. The quadro has slightly more memory bandwidth.

Sooo....that being said it really depends on what your going to be doing and how serious you are about Maya. If maya is a career move then a dedicated workstation for 3D would work best...with a quadro card. If gaming is on your mind alot then I would get the Geforce 6 series card.


P.S. Please keep your post titles short....'Graphics card for Maya and 3dsmax' would suffice