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Affordable Workstation Graphics Card Shoot-Out

Posted by kdawson on from the how-not-to-spend-four-digits dept.

MojoKid writes "While workstation graphics cards are generally much more expensive than their gaming-class brethren, it's absolutely possible to build a budget-minded system with a workstation-class graphics card to match. Both NVIDIA and ATI have workstation-class cards that scale down below $500, a fraction of the price of most high-end workstation cards. This round-up looks at three affordable workstation cards, two new FireGL cards from AMD/ATI and a QuadroFX card from NVIDIA, and offers an evaluation of their relative performance in applications like Cinema 4D, 3D StudioMax, and SpecViewperf, as well as their respective price points."

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  1. Dual Monitor Support For X by zIRtrON · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have not struggled with an XFree86 config since I was a noob, and I think now there's x.org to check out.
    The only thing I want is dual monitor support under linux.

    I'm on osx most of the time except when I code.

    I have a spare P4 lying around and the only thing that makes me stop setting it up is that I don't know what the state of dual monitor support under linux is.

    I would like to know of an equipmentvoting website that answers to the point in forum style discussions simple questions:

    1. What cards are supported under X for dual monitor support? Free or non-free, then I'll get into the politics of it.
    2. How much memory is needed to run normal 2d stuff - like editors and IDEs on a couple of big screens.
    3. What's the difference for getting 3d into that same card, or it's higher up cousins?

    A timeline/graph on this fabled website would be great too, so I can know what the background of the graphics industry is like so I can consider what is hot in the next 12 months....

    Any pointers?