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GTX580 & FX1800

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:15 am
by Sandrust
I currently have a Quadro FX1800 installed as the sole card in my Win7 64bit workstation and was hoping to install a GTX580 for rendering with Octane.
I noticed that they have completely different driver sets and was wondering if this would cause issues.
Does anyone have any experience with running cards with 2 different driver sets?

Re: GTX580 & FX1800

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:54 pm
by adrencg
Quadro is a scam. Maybe not a few years ago, when gaming cards weren't that powerful -- but I wouldn't pay the extra bucks for that thing. Don't get suckered into the Quadro marketing hype.

Just use a 580.

Re: GTX580 & FX1800

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:14 am
by pixelrush
You can use a modified quadro driver to run both cards
see this thread for a discussion and to download the mod .inf for 266.45
http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum ... 66&start=0
HTH :geek:

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:18 am
by Sandrust
Thanks for that. Didn't find that thread.
Was very helpful.
Cheers