Rich_Winsor Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I didn't realize what a slug my Quadro 4000 was for running Chief Architect until Doug Park posted this link. http://www.videocard...h_end_gpus.html When I built this rig as a SolidWorks workstation a couple of years ago it was one of the preferred cards to have for that application. Anyway this should take care of that problem. Looks like I will be going under the hood for an upgrade this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcaffee Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 You do know that EVGA has announced a 6GB version of the card, right? http://www.evga.com/articles/00830/ jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 You convinced me, I just ordered an EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card for my Mac Pro. I upgrading from a Radeon HD 4870. I should see about a 5X increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Mac editions don't Driver update from NVidia, only Apple does that Hopefully they have an updated driver. They should, as that card has been out for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Mac editions don't Driver update from NVidia, only Apple does that Hopefully they have an updated driver. They should, as that card has been out for a while now. OWC, Other World Computing, is where I bought it. The sales rep told me that it's supported by the Apple OS updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 You do know that EVGA has announced a 6GB version of the card, right? http://www.evga.com/articles/00830/ jon Jeez Jon, couldn't you let me bask in the moment for a while before pointing out my new card is already becoming obsolete? Seriously, I did see that when I was scoping out the EVGA website to be sure my system had enough grunt to handle the new card. Actually as Perry commented, I prefer to have a card that has been out for a while so driver compatability issues have been resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Rich, Keep us posted on this... I'm looking at getting one too, to replace my Quadro 2000, just as a test to help troubleshoot some things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
765309 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I have an EVGA Titan 6Gig card and it works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Doesn't the EVGA website allude to the fact you can upgrade free (if you qualify ) if you brought the card in the last 90 days Rich? worth checking out , they have had there StepUp program for years... http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Doesn't the EVGA website allude to the fact you can upgrade free (if you qualify ) if you brought the card in the last 90 days Rich? worth checking out , they have had there StepUp program for years... http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/ Hell KB, "allude" doesn't do them justice. They practically try to cram it down your throat. Funny thing is it is almost impossible to find out just how much I would have to StepUp. I didn't see a price anywhere. I think for now and for what I am trying to accomplish a measly 3GB of GDDR5 will have to suffice. You know, when all these decisions are weighing on my mind I like to find my way to the observation deck on my garage roof and kick back in the chaise with a tall cool one. For some reason it always makes all my problems seem insignificant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Of course the stepup might cost you another $300-500 so maybe not ..... Nice spot you got there M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieVicon Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'm using a 286 machine will that do the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 I'm using a 286 machine will that do the job? Uh.... yeah, sure Vinnie that 286 rig will do the job.... ...if the job you have in mind is a new door stop. That reminds me just last year I finally threw out an old 386 machine that had IBM's OS/2 WARP installed. Man, installing that OS was a trip. You had to feed 36 3 1/2" floppy discs in the proper sequence and pray to God that none of them hung up during the process. Actually the OS worked pretty well.... at least for playing the installed version of Mahjong which was about as far as I got with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Uh.... yeah, sure Vinnie that 286 rig will do the job.... ...if the job you have in mind is a new door stop. That reminds me just last year I finally threw out an old 386 machine that had IBM's OS/2 WARP installed. Man, installing that OS was a trip. You had to feed 36 3 1/2" floppy discs in the proper sequence and pray to God that none of them hung up during the process. Actually the OS worked pretty well.... at least for playing the installed version of Mahjong which was about as far as I got with it. Reminds me of the days when I used Chief '97 and Windows 3.1 The 3D worked back then, it always has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I installed the NVIDIA GTX 680 in my Mac Pro. The largest increase in speed is noticed in Ray Tracing. I also notice a large increase in video editing speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I hate to tell you but, rendering is done with the video card, and ray traces are done with the CPU . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I hate to tell you but, rendering is done with the video card, and ray traces are done with the CPU . Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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