Workstation Card vs Gamer Card

[Elfear]

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to workstation cards and I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between them and gamer cards. My buddy is in the market for a graphics card to use for his work PC. He's a graphic designer and works a lot with Maya 6. He does game a bit but he isn't hardcore or anything.

He has the chance to buy a Nvidia Quadro FX1100 for around $300. I was trying to talk him into a 6800Gt/Ultra but I don't want to lead him astray if the FX1100 would be a better card for his application. Any thoughts?

 

[Schadenfroh]

workstation card's drivers are optomized for business tasks
gamers card'd drivers are optomized for games

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
workstation card's drivers are optomized for business tasks
gamers card'd drivers are optomized for games

And often times one can be used on the other. Some hardware functions just aren't available on the consumer-level cards though. Plus, workstation cards tend to have Dual-DVI available on a wider range.

- M4H