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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

Stargate_Guy

July 16th, 2005 05:03 AM

because people will pay $2000 for them. If people are willing to pay that extreme amount, Nvidia will let them.

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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

War Hawk

July 16th, 2005 05:04 AM

Well if you're serious about 3d rendering and whatnot, you'd need that series of cards. So they figure, why not charge them a premium for it.

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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

July 16th, 2005 05:21 AM

Industry-standard cards are often used to stress-test games. Especially high-graphic games like Doom III. They are also often used for extreme resolutions (think 4000x3000) for high-quality projections for presentations and CAD (computer-aided design).

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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

July 16th, 2005 06:11 AM

Stuff like Shrek etc, uses those cards, I'm pretty sure they've got more than $2000 to throw around the pan. Imagine having to render a 4000x3000 shrek movie, on a 7800.

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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

July 16th, 2005 08:25 AM

When they're going into boxen worth $25,000 and up, $2,000 for a video card isn't all that much...

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Re: Why does the Quadro series of cards cost so much?

July 16th, 2005 03:42 PM

For these workstation cards your not really paying for the card, but the drivers for the cards, which will recieve just as much development time as the card itself. The drivers for workstation are coded using much more in-depth math for greater color, spatial dimensioning, and ray-tracing accurracy. These drivers will also have there own SDK(software development kit) so that the users can customize the drivers to meet there specific styles when applying certain effects.