Oxygen GVX1 vs GeForce 3 ... ANY reason to keep the Oxygen?

[Kwad Guy]

I have a couple of workstations that currently have Oxygen GVX1 video cards installed.
I use these workstations in two modes: 1) 2-D (text, static picture editing) and 2) 3-D
modeling of molecular (real-time rotation, etc). No real gaming use, no Quake, etc.

I just scored a couple of those cheap GeForce 3 cards CompGeeks was selling, and was
wondering if the GeForce 3 beats up the Oxygen on all counts, or if the Oxygen still
has a little life in it...Basically, should I replace the video cards in the workstations or not?


Kwad

 

[nortexoid]

decisions, decisions.

check out ace's hardware for workstation performance of various video cards...i think the GVX outperforms on the consumer based video cards (inc. the GF3) in certain, very specific, benchmarks...the raw fillrate of the GF3 is obviously greater, but AFAIK, most 3d rendering apps don't gain a great deal from that...

i've basically NOT answered your question, but it was fun while it lasted...

 

[dexvx]

for the tasks mentioned, you wont gain much if it all. Oxygen cards have better 2d quality too, and cheap as those gf3's are, they are low end 2d for their class.