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<blockquote data-quote="idrisguitar" data-source="post: 753067" data-attributes="member: 72279"><p>are you sure yours is a pci card...........not a pci-e because i read this review. heres the excerpt:</p><p></p><p>'Like the latest G5s, the Mac Pro supports PCI Express ("PCIe") expansion cards – not to be confused with Power Macs' PCI-X and plain PCI cards, which are completely incompatible with the new standard, first introduced on the dual-core G5 "quad" model (and its dual-core 2.0 and 2.3GHz G5 siblings). '</p><p><a href="http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/" target="_blank">Review: Mac Pro</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>looks like ill need a new audio interface. but i dont mind, wanted a firewire interface so i could use it for live purposes with my bros MBP anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>the quadro, is made for graphics i know but do i need it if i have eight core proccessors? i mean, i will only render with the processors and will never render with the gfx card in maya or final cut. or does it work differently to that?</p><p>im currently on a dual core machine with an 8800 gt, and its working fine in real time. not much slowdown unless i create an uneeded dense scene. just renders slow because of the proccessors, in fact i dont use my graphics card at all for maya and zbrush and others in terms of hardware rendering.</p><p></p><p>if somone could explain how the quadro works and how it could benefit compared to the eight core i would really appreciate it, would ti really be worth the extra 1400 (student price) when im more worried about rendering times rather than real time previews and texture loading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idrisguitar, post: 753067, member: 72279"] are you sure yours is a pci card...........not a pci-e because i read this review. heres the excerpt: 'Like the latest G5s, the Mac Pro supports PCI Express ("PCIe") expansion cards – not to be confused with Power Macs' PCI-X and plain PCI cards, which are completely incompatible with the new standard, first introduced on the dual-core G5 "quad" model (and its dual-core 2.0 and 2.3GHz G5 siblings). ' [url=http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/]Review: Mac Pro[/url] looks like ill need a new audio interface. but i dont mind, wanted a firewire interface so i could use it for live purposes with my bros MBP anyway. the quadro, is made for graphics i know but do i need it if i have eight core proccessors? i mean, i will only render with the processors and will never render with the gfx card in maya or final cut. or does it work differently to that? im currently on a dual core machine with an 8800 gt, and its working fine in real time. not much slowdown unless i create an uneeded dense scene. just renders slow because of the proccessors, in fact i dont use my graphics card at all for maya and zbrush and others in terms of hardware rendering. if somone could explain how the quadro works and how it could benefit compared to the eight core i would really appreciate it, would ti really be worth the extra 1400 (student price) when im more worried about rendering times rather than real time previews and texture loading. [/QUOTE]
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