Ge4mx440 to Quadro4 500/550

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Is it worth it even if I play mostly games? I dont play Vid Card killer games, just basic 3d online games such as EQ, etc.

Is it worth it? OR should I stick with me ge4?

Thanks

Kakaru2 · 11-08-2003, 18:31 | posts: 789 | Location: Romania

No. You'll get decreased performance in OpenGL games.

jeuda · 11-12-2003, 07:39 | posts: 35 | Location: Singapore

kakaru, please explain ur reasoning,
The move from GF4MX to Quadro 4 should be an increase in OpenGL performance. The decrease should be seen with DirectX performance.

Unwinder · 11-12-2003, 08:46 | posts: 10,312 | Location: Taganrog, Russia

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Originally posted by jeuda
kakaru, please explain ur reasoning,
The move from GF4MX to Quadro 4 should be an increase in OpenGL performance. The decrease should be seen with DirectX performance.

You are completely wrong. Alex (kakaru) provided absolutely correct information.

Quadro = heavily CAD/DCC optimized ICD, no IQ reducing related performance optimizations. This results is slower performance in the most OpenGL gaming applications (especially when using anisotropic filtering).
GeForce = heavily game optimized ICD. Much slower than Quadro ICD in CAD/DCC due to lack of optimization for CAD/DCC applications, but faster (in some cases much faster) then Quadro in game.
And both of them use the same Direct3D driver