- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Not for gaming, not at all. ATi FireGL, nvidia Quadro, and others are for 3D CAD. They can hold a lot of visual info in 3DS, I mean a lot. However, their architecture is pretty poor for gaming.
The best I know of that is commercially available is the 3D Labs Wildcat Realizm 800 - about $2500-3000. The Quadro you speak of is for mid-range CAD and the ability to test it in say, some games. However, the 3D Labs cards cannot even play games. But, they're wicked awesome for 3DS Max.
In addition, CAD cards are much more expensive than normal GPU's simply because of their low-demand and more complex chipset architecture.
Don't buy it for games, buy it if you're making a workstation.