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-Lu On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Matt Lind <[email protected]>wrote: > Anybody using Softimage in our building only use Nvidia GeForce. We have > many models and found some better than others. The 200 series is very > stable, the 400 series should be avoided at all costs, the 500 series is a > mixed bag (560 good, 580 tempermental). We just got a few computers with > the 670 and breaking them in as we speak. I’m the only person in the > company using a Quadro as I have to determine if bugs experienced in > production are due to hardware or software before filing a bug report.**** > > ** ** > > On the few occasions we experience problems, it’s usually an OpenGL crash > to blue screen or overheating – both are driver issues. We also discovered > mixing and matching consumer and professional components in the same box is > a bad idea. Either buy a consumer level computer with a consumer level > graphics card, or buy a professional workstation with a professional > graphics card. When you mix and match you run into driver related issues > as the consumer lines like GeForce don’t go through the same level of QA > and certification as the Quadro line – GeForces seem to be tested on a much > narrower band of hardware configurations. Although Nvidia releases driver > updates more frequently for the GeForce product line, you’ll be waiting > much longer for patches to fix things in Softimage than with the Quadro > line. About 6 months in my unscientific observations.**** > > ** ** > > As much as people complain here about Quadros being crappy, crash prone, > and over priced, I will say I have significantly fewer problems than my > colleagues here at the studio.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Matt**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu > *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2012 11:37 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again**** > > ** ** > > Can you say which cards you guys are using, Matt? In the process of > building a system to do some GPU stuff alongside some 3D tests at home. * > *** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > -Lu**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > We are a games development studio making MMORPG games. Most of the > computers we buy come stocked with ATI Radeons, but no matter how much we > try to make them work, they just don’t. Crashes, glitches, overheating, > etc… We always have to swap them out for Nvidia GeForce cards to get > stability.**** > > **** > > Framerate isn’t everything, stability often matters more.**** > > **** > > Matt**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic > *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2012 10:30 PM**** > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again**** > > **** > > Maybe it is so but it still doesn't change the fact that after replacing > gtx580 with radeon7970 I got HUGE improvement in frame rates in viewport > and no problems at all as well :)**** > > It seems that all new gtx cards after 280 are crippled in an effort to > push overpriced quadros. **** > > But ofc we need to make differences between big studios on one side > (usually huge budgets :)) and small to mid studios and freelancers.**** > > ** ** >
