FX5800: Most Powerful Graphics Card in History!

[Wreckage]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...memory-is-the-most-po/

The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600 at the top of the NVIDIA heap with 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores and the industries first card with 4GB of graphics memory. MSRP? Just $3,499

I'm in for 2

 

[RallyMaster]

It probably won't do well with games and the 4GB mem is a waste for anything lower than 1920x1080 Imma think

 

[Arkaign]

Nvidia already had a 5800, and look how well that turned out

 

[Keysplayr]

It is a bit interesting to see that they can fit 4GB of memory on the card.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
It is a bit interesting to see that they can fit 4GB of memory on the card.

Part of it is just using higher density ICs, though that's usually good for just merely doubling RAM.

 

[MarcVenice]

Originally posted by: Wreckage
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...memory-is-the-most-po/

The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600 at the top of the NVIDIA heap with 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores and the industries first card with 4GB of graphics memory. MSRP? Just $3,499

I'm in for 2

Wow, just wow ...

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: Wreckage
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...memory-is-the-most-po/

The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600 at the top of the NVIDIA heap with 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores and the industries first card with 4GB of graphics memory. MSRP? Just $3,499

I'm in for 2

Wow, just wow ...

:::sigh::: What's wrong now, Marc?

 

[imported_Scoop]

I had a Geforce FX 5700 256MB. It wasn't that good. I don't this one's either.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: Scoop
I had a Geforce FX 5700 256MB. It wasn't that good. I don't this one's either.

Pretty sure that it is a 4GB GTX 280-based card.

 

[MarcVenice]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: Wreckage
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...memory-is-the-most-po/

The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600 at the top of the NVIDIA heap with 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores and the industries first card with 4GB of graphics memory. MSRP? Just $3,499

I'm in for 2

Wow, just wow ...

:::sigh::: What's wrong now, Marc?

It's not a gaming videocard. I'll just leave it at that.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: aka1nas

Originally posted by: Scoop
I had a Geforce FX 5700 256MB. It wasn't that good. I don't this one's either.

Pretty sure that it is a 4GB GTX 280-based card.

Yup. Quadro and GeForce do not share the same model numbering scheme. So a Quadro 5700 would not have anything in common with a GeForce 5700 for example.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: Wreckage
http://www.engadget.com/2008/1...memory-is-the-most-po/

The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher, replaces the 5600 at the top of the NVIDIA heap with 240 CUDA-programmable parallel cores and the industries first card with 4GB of graphics memory. MSRP? Just $3,499

I'm in for 2

Wow, just wow ...

:::sigh::: What's wrong now, Marc?

It's not a gaming videocard. I'll just leave it at that.

Did somebody say it was? I thought the title said, "Graphics Card".

 

[CP5670]

I like the name of this card.

If it's like all the other Quadros in the past, it is probably the same as the GTX 280, but with more (but slower) memory and a slightly faster core. The huge price tag comes from the software certification for various 3D modeling programs.

 

[IlllI]

lol i immediately thought of those old fx cards. those were a disaster

 

[MarcVenice]

Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

 

[schneiderguy]

I can't believe they're actually using the fx 5800 name again :Q

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
I can't believe they're actually using the fx 5800 name again :Q

I guess they are hoping that their target market with this won't know about the gamer 5800 card.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
It is a bit interesting to see that they can fit 4GB of memory on the card.

Part of it is just using higher density ICs, though that's usually good for just merely doubling RAM.

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. 2GB would make more sense for higher density RAM.
4GB makes it sound like it has a 1024 bit memory controller, or 2 512's. LOL.

 

[MarcVenice]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

Do you think I should get four? Quad Quadro.... Oh yeah!

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

Do you think I should get four? Quad Quadro.... Oh yeah!

For $12,000, I'd say that would be the biggest waste of money next to the Killer NIC.

 

[SSChevy2001]

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

Do you think I should get four? Quad Quadro.... Oh yeah!

That's would be nice and all, but doesn't Quadro SLI only support 2 cards?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_sli_faq.html#top

Yeah your really cool :roll:

Tell me when a softmod comes out for the GTX280.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

And you missed the humor. These cards are 3500 dollars each. He was joking about getting two, let alone one with this super high corporate price tag. So, in other words, he is not getting any. Zilch.

Hell, maybe I should pick up six or seven of these myself.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Keys, will this videocard outperform a gtx280, or tri sli gtx280's in any given game ?

Why do you ask? Don't you know what the quadro series are for?

It was a bit rhetorical keys. Because wreckage said he'd be getting two ...

And you missed the humor. These cards are 3500 dollars each. He was joking about getting two, let alone one with this super high corporate price tag. So, in other words, he is not getting any. Zilch.

Hell, maybe I should pick up six or seven of these myself.

Apparently SSChevy missed it to.

It's an interesting piece of tech, but of course not even that can be posted without a few people jumping in to spoil anything NVIDIA related.

This is a card that many in the CAD/Animation field would be very interested in.