what is the difference between geforce/radeon and firegl/quadro ??

[momento]

I guess the question here is what is the difference between normal graphics card and workstation graphics card?? Can't you use a 9800 / 5900 as workstation GPU ??

momento

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

normal = speed

workstation = accuracy

*edit*

bah, accuracy precision, same idea

 

[MercenaryForHire]

AverageGuy got the gist of it. Consumer cards are geared for speed rather than image quality and precision.

For example, my Quadro has hardware line antialiasing, 8 window buffers for overlaid 3D perspectives, and dual DVI output. There are others with quad-DVI output, but you're reaching into serious priciness there. Even my Matrox G200 MMS still commands a ~$75 tag on FleaBay.

- M4H