What a rip off

[michael555]

Look at the price of this?

http://play.com/PC/PCs/4-/1134562/PNY_Nvidia_Quadro_FX_4500_512MB_DDR3_Graphics_Adapter/Product.html

Am i reading the price wrong?

Is this graphic card over 1000?

 

[Me__2001]

nope your reading it right, amazon has it listed at over £1500

 

[Alf]

to tell you the truth i dont know what quadros are used for

 

[Ian]

It's for high end CAD PC's mainly, as they can do a few things that standard graphics cards can't when it comes to multiple monitors. Very expensive, but great for CAD/developers

 

[sparky4000]

It's for high end CAD PC's mainly, as they can do a few things that standard graphics cards can't when it comes to multiple monitors. Very expensive, but great for CAD/developers

So is this GPU better than a MOBO with two PCI-E 16x cards linked using ATI X-Fire or SLI ( assuming SLI is similar to X-Fire?)?
You could build a whole high end system for this money.

PS excuse my ignorance but reading other posts I have the question;- what does 'lol' mean?

 

[floppybootstomp]

So is this GPU better than a MOBO with two PCI-E 16x cards linked using ATI X-Fire or SLI ( assuming SLI is similar to X-Fire?)?
You could build a whole high end system for this money.

Probably not. Try not to think of this as a Gamer's card, it's aimed specifically at a professional market, not us home-boy Gamers

PS excuse my ignorance but reading other posts I have the question;- what does 'lol' mean?

lol = laughs out loud, one of hundreds of text abreviations, like:

tbh - to be honest
atm - at the moment
iirc - if I recall correctly
gfy - ahem

 

[michael555]

So i was reading it right on play.com and as for amazon they are off there off.

No way would i ever pay this for a card.

Just think what money can bought for that price.

You could get a good working pc and a x-box 360 for that much.

 

[floppybootstomp]

So i was reading it right on play.com and as for amazon they are off there off.

No way would i ever pay this for a card.

Just think what money can bought for that price.

You could get a good working pc and a x-box 360 for that much.

Hey Michael, there's another whole world out there.

But, for you, my son, it's really not relevant

Carry on as you are, cos as far as they're concerned, you're harmless

Ok, one dimension, two dimension, three dimension - go!

 

[Alf]

by the power of grayskull.... wait....

What is CAD anyway? ive heard of it but i donk know what it is.

 

[sparky4000]

Ta

Probably not. Try not to think of this as a Gamer's card, it's aimed specifically at a professional market, not us home-boy Gamers

Ok thanks good answer and good info.

 

[Me__2001]

CAD is Computer Aided Design, its mainly 3D modelling and 2D sketches, well it is on my uni course

 

[Alf]

thanks for the enlightenment