darundal

Can anyone tell me what the difference between a workstation graphics card and a normal graphics card is? Thx

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J-roc

Workstation Graphics cards, such as a FireGl or Quadro focus more of CAD Rendering and industrial jobs, such as rendering a drafting application. Compared to a traditional consumer graphics card, which is for more traditional uses such as playing a game. Not to say a workstation card can't play games though, they can. A normal card can also run "workstation" apps, perhaps not as well though. If your looking for a card, it would be best to look at them individuallly rather then just "workstation vs traditional"

Another big factor is that Workstation cards have more DVI or VGA outputs for hooking up to more monitors in workplace enviroments. If your looking for alot of outputs you'll want to check out Matrox, who you've probably heard of. If your looking for a workstation card, check out the ATI FireGl, but thats just my opinion. Hope I could help.

star882

It's just a lot faster and more expensive.
To start, compare a X600 to a X850.

Oh, and I assume that the workstation video card you're talking about is still for a x86 computer. Obviously, one designed for a SPARC will require a different BIOS at the very least. Those are extremely rare for home computers, though. (I just happen to have an old 500MHz UltraSPARC machine just lying around...)

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darundal

Thanks. Not shopping for one (right now) but just wondering what the difference was, as I was wondering around Pricewatch and saw the price difference.

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Originally Posted by star882

It's just a lot faster and more expensive. To start, compare a X600 to a X850.

No, it would be like comparing a GeForce 6800 to the Quatro version of 6800. If you get RivaTuner, you can unlock the 'Professional Capabilities' and effectively turn it into a Quatro.