Doomn00b wrote:BushLin wrote:
Those specs are correct for the Quadro but there isn't an exact matching Geforce (also, I've heard on these forums that the Win98 drivers don't play as nice with the Quadros):
HMM! That is rather worrying to hear... do you have any links to discussions about them? Would be rather interesting to hear what exactly the issues are, and which games are likely to be affected.
You'd think it'd be the other way around though... Since the Quadro's were meant for enterprise and professionals, and nVidia specifically went out to give them more support, since you can't have the dreaded bluescreen when you're running a business. (part of the reason why they were more expensive)
This information is second hand but I have no reason to disbelieve the person who wrote it.
mothergoose729 wrote:Why do people recommend this driver version? What issues are you referring too?
Might just be me, but I found performance on the 45.23 to be very poor with my Quadro 2000. The 56.63 drivers performed significantly better. I haven't run into any issues so far that I have been able to tie back to the driver version.
Re: Good value Win98 Graphic Card
If anyone had better results with the 45.23 driver and a Quadro wants to chime in I'm sure there's someone quite keen to hear the results.
Talking generally about your general point; Quadros are built and made for workstation use, I would assume to bulk of Nvidia's testing for them would be on things like CAD applications. They are generally built better with higher quality parts but any issues with games are far more likely to have surfaced on a Geforce.
I don't have any personal experience with gaming on a Quadro but I remember it was common to do a hardware mod to convert a Geforce to a Quadro to save money; maybe now we might see mods in the reverse direction if it somehow makes the 45.23 Windows 98 drivers work as they should on games.
EDIT: and in the time it took to put that together on a smartphone, they've replied to this topic themselves anyway
Screw period correct; I wanted a faster system back then. I choose no dropped frames, super fast loading, fully compatible and quiet operation.