Question:

WOrkstation cards do not game well at all. Your probably looking at low end GPU performance when buying a high end workstation card. Workstation cards are really good for floating point calculations.

Could I also play games on a computer running on a workstation card, such as the Quadro card line for nVidia, and the Firestream from ATI? I was considering getting one, because I can get a huge discount from work, because we use AutoCAD. Would it play games well?Elemayo

Both of those are dual GPU single PCB cards, so they use more power than regular video cards.

Now on the other hand though a SLI setup of GTX 285s beats out a single GTX 295 and a Tri-SLI Setup of GTX 285s beats out a Quad-SLI(2 video cards) setup of GTS 295s.

Alright, that was the kind of answer i was looking for. I think i'll get a 4870x2. Unless anyone thinks the gtx 2xx family would be better?Elemayo

i have two 4870x2s...i notice a few glitchy quirks in some games. i hear it has something to do with games sponsoring nvidia and some kind of programming code, i'm not positive, but it's sort of a known issue.

(also, these cards get HOT! give them plenty of room.)

in the witcher, whenever i walk in water, the water reflecting around my feet would flicker unless i ran the game in a window...same with WoW, shadows would flicker unless running in windows mode

it's nothing that detracts from my gaming experience, as window mode looks the same as full screen, but it's just a minor nuisance.

not all games are like this, just some.

[QUOTE="Elemayo"]Alright, that was the kind of answer i was looking for. I think i'll get a 4870x2. Unless anyone thinks the gtx 2xx family would be better?alkaline_DnB

i have two 4870x2s...i notice a few glitchy quirks in some games. i hear it has something to do with games sponsoring nvidia and some kind of programming code, i'm not positive, but it's sort of a known issue.

(also, these cards get HOT! give them plenty of room.)

in the witcher, whenever i walk in water, the water reflecting around my feet would flicker unless i ran the game in a window...same with WoW, shadows would flicker unless running in windows mode

it's nothing that detracts from my gaming experience, as window mode looks the same as full screen, but it's just a minor nuisance.

not all games are like this, just some.

[QUOTE="alkaline_DnB"]

[QUOTE="Elemayo"]Alright, that was the kind of answer i was looking for. I think i'll get a 4870x2. Unless anyone thinks the gtx 2xx family would be better?hofuldig

i have two 4870x2s...i notice a few glitchy quirks in some games. i hear it has something to do with games sponsoring nvidia and some kind of programming code, i'm not positive, but it's sort of a known issue.

(also, these cards get HOT! give them plenty of room.)

in the witcher, whenever i walk in water, the water reflecting around my feet would flicker unless i ran the game in a window...same with WoW, shadows would flicker unless running in windows mode

it's nothing that detracts from my gaming experience, as window mode looks the same as full screen, but it's just a minor nuisance.

not all games are like this, just some.