Did I get the wrong video card..? 1

[Bocephus]

I just had a new Quadro FX 500 put in my dual cpu workstation. The only benifit Iam seeing right now is the rendering is a little faster. Other than that Iam not seeing a big quality jump. Should I have asked for the FX 1000 or 3000 instead? This card only has 128 mb on board.

 

[MadMango]

Make sure you have the following nVidia Quadro FX 500 drivers installed for the OS you are using:

WinXP 6.14.10.4403
Win2K 6.14.10.5303

I think if you went through the trouble of building a dual-processor box, you should have spent the extra money on a FX 1000 or higher. You would have probably seen better performance gains from a higher-end graphics card than a dual-processor set-up.

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[SBaugh]

53.03 is also recommeded for XP and I highly recommend it.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[StiLLiving]

56.72 works excellent... (XP)

 

[StiLLiving]

56.72 works excellent (XP)

 

[SBaugh]

Even though it maybye a passing driver. SW does not list it nor does Nvidia show it as a SW Certified driver.

It is a use at your own risk until it is approved by SW Offically.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[dogarila]

Scott, you mean that when a driver for a videocard is approved officially by SW I am not using it at my own risk? Will SW pay for my loss if anything goes wrong with the card or its driver?

 

[Heckler]

Bocephus,

IMHO - should've stayed with the single processor and gone with the high end video card. Then if you had money left over bought another stick of RAM.

 

[SBaugh]

SW approves certain drivers for certain cards. If you are using a driver that SW Doesn't approve of then... I guess in some weird way... yes you are "Using it your own risk"

Will SW pay for my loss if anything goes wrong with the card or its driver?

Ahhh - No -

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Roller1]

There are no problems using cards/drivers that aren't certified by SW. It just means that you will not receive support from SW if you run into problems with them.