new a professional graphics card

please post ur PSU name also, the supporters may need to know

If you're on budget,

NVIDIA Quadro FX580 ~ 10.7k
NVIDIA Quadro FX570 ~ 9.5k
NVIDIA Quadro FX370 ~ 7.3k

If you got enough cash,
FX1700 @ 23k
FX1800 @ 26k

I don't know much abt WS cards, but i do know that they often prefer for accuracy in rendering and other things, which can't be done by a gaming card

first tell your psu also...
upgrade to 4gb ram..

please don't go for low end nvidia quadro fx or ati firepro card they are just waste of money. Go for quadro only if u have budget arnd 20 - 25 k , if you don't have a budget go for gtx 460 with is better then entry level quadro, please once conform it with your facalty , i am also a animation student nd nw wrkng on maya (texturing). Our facilty strongly recommend a mid level gaming card instead of entry level of quadro card.

@OP
are you going to be Mental Ray for rendering or going to use Hardware render?

rajkumar_pb said:

If you're on budget,

NVIDIA Quadro FX580 ~ 10.7k
NVIDIA Quadro FX570 ~ 9.5k
NVIDIA Quadro FX370 ~ 7.3k

If you got enough cash,
FX1700 @ 23k
FX1800 @ 26k

I don't know much abt WS cards, but i do know that they often prefer for accuracy in rendering and other things, which can't be done by a gaming card

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don't suggest Quadros, they got bad performance compared to same priced FirePros!

Jaskanwar Singh said:

first tell your psu also...
upgrade to 4gb ram..

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+1
you'll see a huge improvement after increasing the RAM!

first psu and that that budget gtx460 will be a good choice as mentioned Prakash.

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GTX460 will not be good for professional card. Best the OP should do, is contact a design studio, and ask them what is best. Most of us do not know much about pro accelerators.

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hey thaks all u guys for urs kind suggestion

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guys just opened my cabinet
my PSu is mercury ATX swtiching power supply it reads
i ve to upgrade to 4 gb RAM !!

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CAn i post a help to nvidia?

Re: nead a professional graphics card

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Dude, AFAIK getting a gaming card like GTX460 is not good for pro work.

So better get FX1800/1700.

Also you seriously need to change the PSU, if you're about to get a gfx card. A minimum of Corsair VX450W @ 3.7k is your choice.

ajeeshys said:

hi.
i need to buy a professional graphics card.am an animation student
i ll work with 3ds max n maya. pleae suggest me with one performance good card.
my budget 1o-13k

my pc config as follows

processor intel core 2 duoE700 2.8ghz
motherboard gigabyte G31M-ES2L
memory 2048 RAM ddr 2
i ve a mercory 400w psu

Now am having a galaxy Nvidia force 9500 GT 1GB ddr3 but it is not professional card . it takes long time for rendering and sometimes crashing down my system
please help me

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there is nothing called professional graphics card....
there r three types:
Low-ENd,Mid-End,High-ENd

& according to ur budget u need a Mid-End card....
choose from ATI 5XXX cards

KaranTh85 said:

there is nothing called professional graphics card....
there r three types:
Low-ENd,Mid-End,High-ENd

& according to ur budget u need a Mid-End card....
choose from ATI 5XXX cards

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then wat time of cards are Quadros & Firepros!!!!!

mavihs said:

then wat time of cards are Quadros & Firepros!!!!!

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they also come under the category explained above.....
have u seen a professional LCD TV or washing machine....???

agreed with rajkumar
GO.FOR QUADRO SERIES...they are workstations cards meant for doing only these type of stuffs..I have heard that its performnce is equal to GTX280!!!! but when encoding comes they are the kings!!!!!!!

KaranTh85 said:

have u seen a professional LCD TV or washing machine....???

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that's too lame comparison dude...

there are gamers and there are professional gamers (they are basically testers employed by gaming companies who just play and play and do nothing else).
there are casual graphic designers(hobbyists) and then there are professional graphic designers

gagan007 said:

that's too lame comparison dude...

there are gamers and there are professional gamers (they are basically testers employed by gaming companies who just play and play and do nothing else).
there are casual graphic designers(hobbyists) and then there are professional graphic designers

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hey i m saying on hardware..not on profesional guys...

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Yes there are. So why do you think the companies introduce cards like FX,Quadro for.

AFAIK,they are meant for professional works and the the GTX,GTS are for gamers. (Correct me if i am wrong )

ok.....i'll agree that an entry level quadro or fireGL is no better than a good gaming card..my roommate has a quadro fx 560 & it performs just as well as my ati hd4850...if you are looking mostly for rendering, it is your CPU & RAM that is most used..a good Workstation should have loads of RAM..atleast a minimum of 8-12gb..else for complex scenes with loads of textures & lights, the 3d app(max or maya) will always run out of memory...the gfx card is mostly used for viewport rendering & has very little influence on actual rendering.basically for a 3d app its like this-

Render speed: CPU
Render complex scenes: RAM
Ability to view complex scenes: Video Card

your 2gb RAM is way too low for rendering complex scenes(ones with displacement, normal maps or dense meshes)...read this- LINK

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I agree with you. I hope all the animation guys need to display their content. So they must have a good GPU too. Not a Uber-High, but a decent one is enough.

i didn't know that gtx 460 and the like can be used for professional animation
i always thought that place was reserved for cards like nvidia quadro and ati firepro
but if someone can get the same uses out of gaming cards like 5770 and gtx 460, its a win-win situation
how many of us can actually convince our parents that we are buying high end machines for work and use it for gaming too!!!!

btw
rajkumar your siggy rocks dude

funkysourav said:

btw
rajkumar your siggy rocks dude

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Got it from this forum. Somewhere in Love Story thread.....

hey guys u all r rite. i should need a good ram.
shall i upgrade my ram now with my money(15k) now.n ll hang up with my old graphics card? can i get 2 X 4gb rams? do my system support that?
or is this a bad idea? kindly suggest me guys

ajeeshys said:

hey guys u all r rite. i should need a good ram.
shall i upgrade my ram now with my money(15k) now.n ll hang up with my old graphics card? can i get 2 X 4gb rams? do my system support that?
or is this a bad idea? kindly suggest me guys

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i would suggest you to buy a good SMPS first & buying 2nd hand RAM(check the Bazaar section) & save rest of the cash to buy a new RIG later on.
have you started your animation course? which render will you be using? if your using mental ray or vray then you'll have to mainly upgrade your processor with that you'll have to upgrade the rest of the system! the grapgic card won't make much difference in this case!

PS: from where are you learning animation & which course?

mavihs said:

i would suggest you to buy a good SMPS first & buying 2nd hand RAM(check the Bazaar section) & save rest of the cash to buy a new RIG later on.
have you started your animation course? which render will you be using? if your using mental ray or vray then you'll have to mainly upgrade your processor with that you'll have to upgrade the rest of the system! the grapgic card won't make much difference in this case!

PS: from where are you learning animation & which course?

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agreed..the graphics card doesn't really play an important role in rendering....its mainly for viewport display..so upgrade your RAM & Proccy instead