The GOD of all Gfx Cards

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:03 pm

Well, its official, Here it is

Price: $24,000

minkster · Post by **minkster** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:07 pm

Holy crap...so is that a computer? I thought Nvidia only made graphics cards?

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:10 pm

I think that IS just the graphics card. Tech Specs has "system requirements". MINIMUM 2 gigs ram. 4 reccomended.

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:13 pm

Good if you have the monitor to support the kind of screen resolution it can produce. Its probably for major companies doing huge 3-D rendering I would imagine.

Post by **gannon** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:24 pm

Yes, that's just a graphics card

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:28 pm

That's definatley the graphics card I'd get if I had the money... Sooo awesome!

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:51 pm

My Radeon 9600 works for me.

I'd rather get a monster Mac Pro with that money.

* Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 16GB (8 x 2GB) RAM
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s (total 2 TB of storage space)
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel) (second screen)
* Two 16x SuperDrives
* AirPort Extreme card (Wi-fi)
* Fibre Channel Card
* Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
* Mac OS X - U.S. English
* Final Cut Express HD preinstalled

Only $17,094.00! Money left over for... stuff!

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:08 pm

True, a Mac Pro would be nice to have. Mac and Windows all on one pimped out machine

sgtpepper · Post by **sgtpepper** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:21 pm

One of my dad's friends who has what you would call "disposable" income just bought a Mac Pro last week. It's AMAZING. He bought it for photo editing, but he has never used a Mac before, so me and my dad are helping him get adjusted.

Here's what he got-

* Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 4GB (4 x 1GB) RAM
* 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 2x 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s (purchased from Western Digital to save $400)
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
* Two 16x SuperDrives
* AirPort Extreme
* Built-in Bluetooth
* Wireless Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Aperture 1.5 pre-installed
* AppleCare

Pretty amazing what $5,000 can buy, eh? (He used an educational discount too

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cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:24 pm

bicostp wrote:My Radeon 1600 works for me.

I'd rather get a monster Mac Pro with that money.

* Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 16GB (8 x 2GB) RAM
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s (total 2 TB of storage space)
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel) (second screen)
* Two 16x SuperDrives
* AirPort Extreme card (Wi-fi)
* Fibre Channel Card
* Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
* Mac OS X - U.S. English
* Final Cut Express HD preinstalled

Only $17,094.00! Money left over for... stuff!

Yeah like a car

But if you want that for games it's not your best buy. It's just a graphics processing unit for large scale rendering. I think NASA uses it for a universe exhibit.

Indigno · Post by **Indigno** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:06 pm

Jesus. That's like a car loan right there. I can think of many more things I would like to buy with my $24,000 than buy that. Like college tuition or maybe a Laptop or 2... or 10.

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:50 pm

Or a DeLorean for that matter

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:06 pm

This is not so simple as "just a graphics card," its a box containing multiple workstation graphics cards, interface hardware, and power hardware. It isn't quite a PC, but neither is it just a graphics card.

So is it the king of graphics cards? Very clearly not.

Please, people, make sure you understand something before posting sensationalist topics about it.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 3:54 pm

bicostp wrote: * NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)

Somehow that doesn't fit the rest of the specs...Stereo...

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:12 pm

@bicostp: What would you do with a fibre channel card without a RAID?

@Kurt_: "Stereo" as in two eyes. It's for LCD shutter glasses for doing 3D work. You need a CRT for it thoughâ€¦