GTX 280 vs Quadro FX 4800 gaming....good read

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veterans and noobs alike im sure at one point thought about workstation cards used for games and possibly expect better fps etc being there more money yet similar hardware wise.is the extra money worth it...according to toms hardware the drivers used on workstation dont make gaming the best idea...read on..

Performance Gaming Vs. Workstation: GeForce GTX 280 And Quadro FX 4800
below quaoted drom toms hardware...

"Transforming a gaming card like the GeForce GTX 280 into an equivalent workstation model is something that Nvidia
quite naturally wants to forestall. Attempts to use workstation drivers in gaming cards by consumers just to see "if they work" are inevitable because the hardware is only minimally different. Since Nvidia inserts special values into its video BIOSes to prevent dissimulation, such attempts are doomed to failure."

"A Quadro FX 4800 moves up to 10 times faster when running workstation applications than the GeForce GTX 280. This leads swiftly to a clear and inescapable conclusion: there's no good reason to use a GeForce graphics card for workstation applications. It just doesn't pay."


"As one might expect, the gaming card is carefully impeded and is largely unable to exercise its performance potential when running workstation applications. Our benchmarks show this phenomenon at work clearly and unmistakably"






full story
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...0,2258-10.html