[geeks] PCI-E video cards

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
>Date: 2008/03/10 Mon AM 09:32:32 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] PCI-E video cards

>On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:48:54AM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> On Mar 9, 2008, at 13:20 , Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> 
>> >John Lee wrote:
>> >>Newegg has 256MB Geforce 7 cards for ~$25. That may
>> >>be a good way to go.
>> >
>> >....Wow.  I just went and looked at their prices.  Non-bleeding-edge  
>> >video cards have dropped much further in price than I'd realized.  
>> >GeForce 8600GT cards for under $50 after rebate, 8400GS for $28.   
>> >Even an SLI-capable 8800GS card for $120.  And here I thought $50  
>> >was still a realistic price for a 256MB 6600....  shows how often  
>> >*I* buy new hardware, huh?
>> 
>> Now... if only I could use one of those cards in my Mac Pro to boost  
>> that pitiful 7300...
>
>Well, there are aftermarket Apple cards. 
>
>They aren't that cheap though.
>
>Unless it is a hacked card.

I saw this link on slashdot, and it re-defined "mid-level" graphics for me (Yikes!):

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_workstation_perf&num=1

The nVidia Quadro FX1700 is a $400-500 card that they call mid-level workstation grphics. I can count on one hand the number of *machines* I've got that cost that much. (my whole family would run out of fingers and toes counting the machines I have that cost less than that ;^)

Lionel