WOW! Why Is this so expensive!?

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#1 f-a-d-3
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http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018857&cid=999.243.272
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#2 WDT-BlackKat
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It's not for consumer use, but intended for graphics workstations. The sort of computers they make movies like Wall-E or Finding Nemo on.
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#3 mastershake575
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Its expensive because its not a typical gaming card. Its used for computer animation and rendering, I think companies like Pixar would use one of those.
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#4 SinfulPotato
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http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018857&cid=999.243.272f-a-d-3

Its a card made for workstations.

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#5 f-a-d-3
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Wait so is there a card like this that does the same this but even better or is this the top of the top graphic design card? does Nvidia make these cards too?
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#6 WDT-BlackKat
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Nvidia has the QuadroFX series. Not sure if that's the current generation's name for the series.
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Nvidia has the QuadroFX series. Not sure if that's the current generation's name for the series.WDT-BlackKat

I think they go by Tesla now?

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#8 Angry_Bosmer
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They make this.
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a 8800 will > that card in GAMING
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#10 muirplayer
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Nah, quadros are still there. Tesla is of a higher GPU computing solution than quadros, which are workstation solutions.
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#11 Angry_Bosmer
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Nah, quadros are still there. Tesla is of a higher GPU computing solution than quadros, which are workstation solutions.muirplayer

Tesla's for NASA and scientists.

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So why doesn't everyone that was going to buy this card (that needs it for whatever it's intended for), buy a much cheaper, but still, more advanced new card?

What am i missing :P.

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#13 Angry_Bosmer
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So why doesn't everyone that was going to buy this card (that needs it for whatever it's intended for), buy a much cheaper, but still, more advanced new card?

What am i missing :P.

rik666

Because those cards have advanced physics and better multitasking.

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#14 albi321
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So why doesn't everyone that was going to buy this card (that needs it for whatever it's intended for), buy a much cheaper, but still, more advanced new card?

What am i missing :P.

rik666
Cards have different purposes and they are good at what they are intended to do.
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#15 Jazz559
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The main difference between the two types of cards is quite simple. Precision.

The more expensive workstation-esque cards will render much slower but will do so to within an insanely small margin of error (I.E. absolutely no "jaggies", bad textures, poor texture quality).

The cards that are made for gaming have a much larger margin for error meaning that they can render fast and it still looks good, but there may me minor flaws that most people can't even distinguish.

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#16 rik666
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The main difference between the two types of cards is quite simple. Precision.

The more expensive workstation-esque cards will render much slower but will do so to within an insanely small margin of error (I.E. absolutely no "jaggies", bad textures, poor texture quality).

The cards that are made for gaming have a much larger margin for error meaning that they can render fast and it still looks good, but there may me minor flaws that most people can't even distinguish.

Jazz559

Thank you =)