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for mac user, quadro or gtx?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:03 am
by antoacq
everybody knows that mac users has no more choice to upgrade the video cards,
so it's better a gtx 285 or a new quadro 4000?
number of cores is quite similar, the memory size is better in quadro 4000 but costs double.
please, some advices is really welcome
Re: for mac user, quadro or gtx?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:08 am
by radiance
I would recommend getting a GTX460 with 2GB ram and using octane with bootcamp under windows for now until apple implements driver support for fermi architectures.
This will give you the best experience for a lower price, and you will be able to run octane x64 if you can install a 64 bit windows OS.
Radiance
Re: for mac user, quadro or gtx?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:05 pm
by antoacq
i understand that OSX is a fake OS for pro designing!
a lot of money get in smoke!
for all people with sane brain: do not buy apple!
it's only a cool look, inside sounds empty!
Re: for mac user, quadro or gtx?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:29 am
by Burkhard
They only have not really good cards. The GTX is an older one, so you will not be happy at the moment if you try to invest
in the future. That's why the GTX460 is recommended.
I for myself have bought the GTX 285 Mac edition and octane runs fast enough for most of my needs.
But the price is way to high for what it does in relationship to the other cards.