LeadTek or PNY for NVIDIA Quadro FX cards?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Gil Alsberg, Oct 14, 2006.

  1. Gil Alsberg

    Gil Alsberg Guest

    Hi, this is a little bit long so I hope some of you will have the patience
    to read it:

    I have a PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX700 card and I'm quite happy with it, although
    it is a little weak with intensive graphics like large assemblies in SW2006.
    I'm considering buying a new workstation and thought of the possibilities I
    have, regarding two major aspects:

    1. AGP8 or PCI-E or both:

    my current card is AGP8 but as I understand the future belongs to the PCI-E
    motherboards. if I buy a PCI-E Board then I'll have to buy a new 3D
    accelerating GC.
    If I buy a Motherboard which supports both AGP8 and PCI-E then it will be
    the best option, although also here there is a catch: Most of the trusted
    motherboard manufacturers, like Intel, don't make such motherboards (as far
    as I know).
    If I'll buy a motherboard which supports also AGP8 then I could transfer the
    card I have to the new workstation and still have the option in the future
    to upgrade to a PCI-E 3D accelerating GC.

    2. LeadTek or PNY (ELSA comes out of the question because it is not sold
    here at all):

    My current card works great, and is fanless! which I think is a great plus,
    because those mechanical parts are always the weakest link in computer
    hardware + it is much more quite.

    But, if I buy a new Quadro card I think I'll go for the Quadro FX1500 PCI-E
    (with active fan :-( ) - and here there are two options in the local market:
    LeadTek and PNY. with PNY I already have good experience for two years. but
    with leadtek I have no experience at all. so if somebody here in the NG has
    experience with LeadTek or with both of them, then please share it with me
    and the group (I know both are NVIDIA and should be actually pretty much the
    same regarding 3D graphics acceleration, but there is also the issue of
    lifespan (or in Engineers language MTBF I think), and quality of support and
    service in any case something goes wrong).

    Thanks,
    Gil
     
    Gil Alsberg, Oct 14, 2006
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  2. Gil,

    Leadtek doesn't offer a Quadro card, just Geforce. PNY is the only brand
    licensed to sell Quadro based cards.

    Elsa went belly up years ago. At the time, "they" were the only licensed
    Quadro vendor.

    I guess it's one at a time with Nvidia


    Mark
     
    Mark Mossberg, Oct 16, 2006
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  3. Gil Alsberg

    neilscad Guest

    AFAIK no mobos are available with agp and pci-e.
    pci-e 2 should be with us soon....as will dx10 and hdcp...and
    vista...and quadcore..possibly it would be to your advantage to wait
    just a while before splurging on new hardware for longevity sake.
    new series gpu will be power hungry too...65nm is what you might wait
    for.
    a lot of things on the cusp at the moment...i expect there will be a
    new series of quadros soon as well with even better performance.
    new gpu are also providing hd media playback accereration but agp cards
    do not support all features.
    graphics makers are backhanding their new chipsets to work with agp for
    older pc as partial upgrades but agp is really obsolete like isa.
    HTH
     
    neilscad, Oct 16, 2006
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  4. Gil Alsberg

    John Layne Guest


    They do, I have a Leadtek Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 and my previous card was a
    Leadtek Quadro FX500

    http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/workstation_graphics/default.asp?lineid=2&picid=1&seriesid=65

    The only issues I've had with either was the occasional bugs with the Nvidia
    drivers.

    John Layne
    www.solidengineering.co.nz
     
    John Layne, Oct 16, 2006
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  5. Gil Alsberg

    Gil Alsberg Guest

    Thanks for sharing your experience, John, I will take the issues you
    mentioned in account.

    Cheers,
    Gil
     
    Gil Alsberg, Oct 16, 2006
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  6. Gil Alsberg

    Gil Alsberg Guest

    Gil Alsberg, Oct 16, 2006
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  7. Gil Alsberg

    Gil Alsberg Guest

    Sorry for my ignorance but what is exactly a "Mobo"?

    as for PCI-E 2 and all the others....the computer world is advancing fast
    and if I would wait every time with my buying decision just because there is
    a new technology coming to the store nearby in a short time, then I guess I
    would be still using today a 286 processor :)

    cheers,
    Gil
     
    Gil Alsberg, Oct 16, 2006
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  8. Gil Alsberg

    Jean Marc Guest

    Mother board
     
    Jean Marc, Oct 16, 2006
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  9. Gil Alsberg

    neilscad Guest

    I am tying to be helpful to you by telling you about the tech changes I
    know are coming soon...Nov/Dec/Jan...and further out... to assist your
    purchase
    If you have no interest in such things I suggest you just get whatever
    you fancy and don't ask any questions about it....or complain about it
    later ;o)
     
    neilscad, Oct 16, 2006
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  10. Gil Alsberg

    Gil Alsberg Guest

    Sorry if I sounded uninterested in what you replied - that was not the case.
    However, I'm trying to stay focused on the current on-the-shelf technologies
    which are available instead of postponing the purchase of the GC, for the
    obvious reasons I replied. and BTW there are some (although rare) mobos
    which have AGP8 as well as PCI-E:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/16/asrock_939dual/.
     
    Gil Alsberg, Oct 17, 2006
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