Quadro FX 330 versus GeforceFX 5200 PCI

[bmh2208]

I have a FX5200 that I hacked the firmware to look like a QuadroFX 500. We are buying new CAD machines that are PCIexpress. They are wanting to get me a FX 330, but was wondering if it was even worth getting over keeping my current card. I told them to save the money for a better card down the road. Will I see any increase in performance versus the hacked 5200?

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[SBaugh]

The PCI Express is going to take over the AGP cards. I have read many articles and the PCI Express cards out perform the AGP's by far. I had not just had my boss purchase the Quadro 1100 FX I would ask for one of the new PCI Express cards.

With the AGP cards the I/O passage is still a single bridge of information passing back and forth. It's only so wide for the input data to the output data.

With the PCI Express there are 2 bridges. One for input and the other for output.

This is what I found and read in a private document that I read through

http://www.newslettersonline.com

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

For all Newbie's - Welcome to the nerd herd!

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[bmh2208]

Thanks for the reply Scott. I understand that the PCIe is faster than the AGP version, but my question was whether I would see a big difference ($200) in the FX330 versus my PCI FX5200 with the firmware upgrade to look like the FX500. So the real question is PCI(128MB card) vs PCIe(64MB card).

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[SBaugh]

This is the link I used to find more information about PCI Express vs the private document I can't post here.

http://www.tomshardware.com

And here 2 hits I got from doing a search at the above site:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040310/index.html

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040816/index.html

But for the most part your goign to have to wait for someone to benchmark them or have them order you the new card and you test it (Benchmark) yourself.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

For all Newbie's - Welcome to the nerd herd!

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