ti4200 to Wildcat VP870

[SteveTG]

So far very good. Big speed improvement. The ti4200 burned up on me so I was forced to into a new card and wanted one supported by PTC. It was very hard to find benchmarks so one could look at bang for the buck.



I am designing Injection molds and a typical assy only 250mb.



I paid $300.00 thru Gateway. Looks like the VP880 Pro can be had for $340.00. The other consideration was a FX500-about $250.

 

[nguy_da]

Steve,



i'd go with fx500. stay away from vp880. that's what i have. the wildcat vp880 or vp990 are very crappy. thay are no good.

 

[SteveTG]

Thanks for the input. Where were you when I had to make my $ choice. I found it very difficult to find benchmarks. The only one that I could find was at Toms Hardware guide. The VP edges out the fx500, but they are close. What don't you like about your 880? Please post so others can learn.

 

[dr_gallup]

Toms Hardware Guide mostly tests games for frames per second. That is what most of the public is concerned with. I really like Toms for general computer info but they don't really cover CAD workstation applications. Go to



http://www.spec.org/gpc/apc.data/apc_proe2001_summary.html



for much better CAD info.

 

[nguy_da]

Steve,



i have the vp880 and it gave me all kind of problems. it crashed alot when i first got it. it's better now with the latest driver but still not as stable as a quadro. the vp880 has 256 mb ram but slower than the 128 mb quadro. One of the member here got a vp990 and it gave him so much problem, he had to return it to get a pny fx 5950.