Quadro 4 nvs 280 or Geforce mx4000

[moonsite]

I know one is a workstation card and the other one is a regular computer card. But for the same price, would you get the Quadro 4 or the mx4000? What about the Volari V3? The Chaintech Volari V3 card outperform the mx4000 by almost 50 percent. Plus it has dual output and built-in support for HDTV. All three cost around $50, which one do you think is good? I am inclining toward the Quadro 4 and the Volari V3. Just can't decide. Help please.

No, I don't do a lot of gaming. The games I usually play don't require a lot of GPU power.

 

[MDE]

If you don't play games then I'd go for either an ATI or Matrox card for 2D quality.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Or a used geforce 3 or 4 ti 4200 in case you change your mind about the gaming, or the new version of something you play requires more 3D than quake 2.

 

[moonsite]

Is the Quadro nvs 280 worst than the Geforce 3 or 4 ti 4200?

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: moonsite
Is the Quadro nvs 280 worst than the Geforce 3 or 4 ti 4200?

For gaming, much worse (if it will even run games at all). For workstation apps, it will be much faster since it has a driver to accelerate them whereas the gaming cards don't.

There may be a way to mod the GF4 into a workstation card.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: moonsite
Is the Quadro nvs 280 worst than the Geforce 3 or 4 ti 4200?

For gaming, much worse (if it will even run games at all). For workstation apps, it will be much faster since it has a driver to accelerate them whereas the gaming cards don't.

There may be a way to mod the GF4 into a workstation card.

SoftQuadro, but that won't change the DAC quality or speed.

An NVS280 will actually be sufficient for games - it's a 4MX but with 128-bit DDR. But if all you do is 2D for "workstation" - just get a Matrox PCI card and a regular gaming-grade AGP. 2D on the Matrox, game on whatever you drop in AGP.

- M4H

 

[moonsite]

Thank you all for the response. That was a great. I decided to get the Chaintec Volari V3, because ocbench reviews showed it faster and better quality than the geforece mx4000. In fact it can play Doom 3 at low res and medium resolution.. It also has HDTV support for the same price.